Van Gogh 5

September 2nd 2012
The entire day before the long early morning was eventful. I witnessed a celebration of The Day of Knowledge (The first of September when all students start school), saw Van Gogh and other amazing artists paintings up close at the hermitage, walked around St. Petersburg a lot, took a nap (luckily), ate at Stolles (and tried the cabbage and the white fish perogies and borsch of course), and got ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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Michelle Chin

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As I have had the craziest year in 2012-2013, it continued for a bit in 2014. For the first year, as many already know, I did have the opportunity to travel to 16 different countries including: Russia, China, India, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Iceland, Ghana, Togo. I did this through 2 different study abroad programs, one with Babson College, called BRIC (Russica, China, and India) and one with CIEE: Ghana- Business Development and Social Entrepreneurship, as well as a 5-week backpacking trip through Western Europe in the winter. T... full info

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