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Enjoying an early morning beach stroll with our tour group from @simonbusinessschool before we head into our lecture on urbanisation and gentrification of Hout Bay with our guide @humanlionel • • • #grouptravel #academictravel #university #academics #houtbay #oceanview #chapmanspeak #southafricatour #southafricatravel #southafricantourism #capetowntourism #knowledgeispower #guidance #southafricanstyle #capetownsouthafrica #capetown #makingfriends #learnfromlocals #withlocals #sociopolitical #culture #positiveimpact #ig_southafrica #kapstadtmag #kapstadt #südafrika #südafrika_erleben (at Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B691gp1iDOK/?igshid=1frv0ltvn9ith

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Istanbul, Turkiye

October 2012

I was going through the archive and noticed that I never put up details of my trip to Turkey! So here's the basic background. At Franklin College Switzerland all students are expected to go on a field trip every semester with a professor to do "field work" on a particular topic. For my Academic Travel Fall 2012 I decided to take a tour of Turkey and it's culture - and it was one of the best trips of my life!

Here's a few things you need to know about Turkey

1. The people are great

2. The food is AMAZING

3. Turkey is inexpensive (but you still need to watch your money)

4. The people are fabulous (especially the cute, nice young men - for some reason, I did not meet many girls while I was there but they must exist and I'm sure they're nice too)

5. Turkey is a country that if you ever get the chance to go you must!

More pictures from my other favorite city to follow.

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The gate into Coppet--the marketplace of ideas #AcademicTravel #switzerland

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Taken on a hike in the Highlands in Scotland

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Academic Travel 2012

So for the two weeks of my lent absence on tumblr I was in Umbria - central Italy - on what we here at Franklin College Switzerland call academic travel. Last semester I went to Geneva, Paris, Brussels, and Strasbourg with Professor Schlein and took so many pictures and did so much I couldn't blog about it all. (And for anyone looking to come to Franklin this same travel is being offered in the fall 2012 and I can tell you all about it.)

This semester I decided to stay a bit closer to home, and I went to Italy with Professor Zdanski where we made pottery! We also visited art museums in different cities and ate gelato everyday and had all of our meals paid for. Best travel ever. There is so much I could say, but I wrote some short stories instead and I think they might give you a pretty good hint as to what travel was like for me this semester. I'm going to post one up and follow it with pictures soon.

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Paris, France (Part II of 2011 Academic Travel)

Wow.

Lots of stuff happened to me in Paris - some of it fun and exciting and some of it...well some of it just wasn't.

First allow me to say that this was all my own individual experience and no way reflects the general experience of travelers to Paris. That being said, I was not a big fan of Paris.

For me, the atmosphere was like wet clothes that you just can't convince to dry. I didn't feel any warmth from the general public and the city didn't really seem "alive" to me. It's like everyone was just going through the motions. However(!) I did meet some cool people in Paris including a tour guide, some waiters (tour guides, waiters and small shop keepers were pretty much the coolest people I met on travel), and one college student from Spain.

I don't speak French, but I smile a lot and I like laughing so the people were really happy to try to teach me French and then ask if I wanted to practice. They were also really patient and allowed me to try out my Italian with them and they responded in French (how this worked is still a magical mystery to me). And when I really needed it, most people would be nice about it and oblige me with English. I had only two experiences were I was berated for a) being American and b) needing to use English.

One of these experiences occured at the Louvre. The Louvre is really a must see. While it's famous for housing the Mona Lisa, there are so many other amazing/beautiful/gorgeous/awe-inspiring/soul-resonating/imagination-capturing pieces in the museum. And it's so huge! Really if you love and/or are interested in art this will be an amazing experience for you. And please, if and when you find yourself in Paris - do go see the Arc D' Triumph and the Eiffel Tower. They are truly breath-taking structures and just so incredible when you are there in person. I cannot begin to describe for you in words what it was like literally being there. There is also many more historical sites and features of Paris that are definitely worth checking out.

By the way, it also didn't hurt that I was with my friend, Emily, who does speak French and I strongly encouraged her to exercise her French language abilities while we were in Paris. So if you have friends studying the language or who just happen to speak it, it probably won't hurt you either to have him or her around. ; )

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Geneva, Switzerland

So here's Part I of the Academic Travel blogs I've been promising.

We started in Geneva, Switzerland (a little late in the afternoon) with a tour. Our tour guide was of French descent and French nationality originally but has become Swiss. He was full of information, including the following fun facts:

Geneva started out as a Protestant canton (or state), but as gradually more and more French, Portuguese, and other immigrants came along as well as Swiss from the country sides the religion shifted to Catholicism. However, Protestant Christianity is still the official religion of the canton and Catholic churches must be built to look like housing or administration - they may not look like churches (as that would distract from the Protestant churches).

The schools are built in traditional Swiss-style architecture to remind the children that they are still in Switzerland. Half of the students going to school in Switzerland only have one Swiss-national parent, and more or less everyone in Geneva speaks French as their first language.

Geneva touches France on all sides except for one 7 meter stretch of land that is the only border the canton shares with the rest of the country of Switzerland. Only one road leads to the rest of Switzerland while all the other roads lead into France.

Also Geneva is home to most of the United Nations organizations headquarters. It is thought of as the city of peace, and too this day, high officials from foreign countries will travel to Geneva in order to have treaties signed and resolve international disputes.

Finally while most cities in Switzerland shut everything down at 6 or 6:30 Geneva stays open until 7.

In conclusion, Geneva is a wonderfully clean and quite place. I would also venture out and say that it is tranquil, but definitely not a place for big party people. There are small bars and clubs, but it's all quite relaxed. But you might find something else. The world is full of hidden treasures.