{"id":13944,"date":"2016-10-12T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=13944"},"modified":"2024-01-30T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:50:56","slug":"study-abroad-australia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad-australia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad in Australia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G\u2019day Mate!<\/p>\n<p>It has been a life-long dream of mine to go to Australia.\u00a0I was given the opportunity to take students to Australia and New Zealand in the summer of 2015. It was all that I thought it would be, and so much more.<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/1234-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13945 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/1234-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1234\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/1234-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/1234-2.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> With that said, I am taking students again this year to experience what I can only describe as an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, outrageous adventure.<\/p>\n<p>My world travels did not begin with Australia and New Zealand. In fact, I have been to Seoul, South Korea; Kyoto, Japan; Cozumel, Mexico; several Canadian providences; Santorini, Ios and Athens, Greece; Frankfurt, Germany; and Sicily and Bari, Italy. My husband was in the Air force when we met, so we traveled whenever possible on what they refer to in the military as \u201chops.\u201d We would go to whatever Air force base had flights going to the wanted destination, and \u201chop\u201d on a flight for $10.00 each (the cost of a box lunch). It was fantastic. I really gained insight about other cultures, and what adventures I still had left to discover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13946 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"12345\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/10\/12345.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Although the thought of being in a foreign country can seem intimidating, especially if the language spoken is different than your own, you would be amazed by how quickly you can learn to assimilate. I took a group of students to China and Hong Kong, and we had a tour guide and translator with us the entire time. We will have that in Australia and New Zealand too. When I was visiting my husband (then fiance) in Seoul, Korea, I traveled by myself. I had to figure out how to get from the airport to the Air Force base on my own. At the time, I was only 18 years old. It was intimidating, but I grew so much from that trip. My only regret in college is that I never studied abroad. This summer, after my study abroad program ended in China, I stayed behind and flew by myself to spend four days in Japan. If I could offer any advice to students, it would be to participate in either a short study abroad program, or to study for an entire semester in another country. There is so much to gain by immersing oneself in another culture and environment.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the Study Abroad program to Australia and New Zealand in 2017, we have some amazing tours planned for anyone who wants to join us. Please contact me if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Dawn Joyce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G\u2019day Mate! It has been a life-long dream of mine to go to Australia.\u00a0I was given the opportunity to take students to Australia and New Zealand in the summer of 2015. It was all that I thought it would be, and so much more. With that said, I am taking students again this year to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad-australia-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study Abroad in Australia!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":286,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[751],"class_list":["post-13944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-new-zealand","category-study-abroad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Study Abroad in Australia! - Center for International Programs<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/study-abroad-australia-2\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Study Abroad in Australia! - Center for International Programs\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"G\u2019day Mate! 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