Travel
How to: Study abroad
January 26, 2019By: Melanie Hiepler, Peak Associate Question: Should you spend a semester or more studying abroad? Answer: Why is that even a question? Yes! Get out there, have some adventures, find your travel feet, and diversify your academic resume. Travel builds character, and goodness knows most of us could do with a little extra character. A few summers ago, I spent a semester at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital. I tacked on some solo travel to either end of my semester, made a grand adventure out of it, and earned my backpacking stripes along the way. Three years later, it’s still my…
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Develop your horizons
July 24, 2017Ever wanted to change the world? To be able to travel? There are many university students who dream of travelling the globe and doing something worthwhile. Yet in the midst of papers, exams, and all-nighters, it is easy to lose…
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Down and out during Study Abroad
January 30, 2017[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ot all students going on exchange are prepared for the road ahead. After stumbling into SFU’s Study Abroad program, it wasn't long until I knew I wanted to go on exchange and get the study abroad experience, clichés and all.…
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California Dreamin’
April 8, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] recently finished watching the entire first season of Fuller House, which, aside from making me wonder why I was watching such a terrible show (nostalgia, pure nostalgia), made me want to return to the beautiful city of San Francisco.…
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Get out of your own head by getting out of the country
March 25, 2016My favourite part of travelling long distances and getting to stay a while is that I can redefine myself. We live in a culture of self-improvement. Faith, politics, diets, exercise, New Year’s resolutions. . . are all ways we are…
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Tokyo Swiftly: 7 days in Japan’s Capital City
March 14, 2016[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y winter break in Tokyo can be summed up in three words: food, shopping, and claustrophobia. My family and I spent seven days in Tokyo. . . a place that none of us had ever been to before. My…
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See the world through your own eyes, not Instagram’s
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s Friday morning, and you wake up with a smile, knowing you have a weekend to look forward to after class. You get up and dressed, have a decent breakfast, and leave your house at a reasonable hour. On the…
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A city is what you make of it
February 26, 2016[dropcap]G[/dropcap]etting to know a city is not easy. There is so much personality, and history, that it takes several treks up and down its hills and side streets to learn what it's all about. In a previous piece I wrote…
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Our last hurrah
February 15, 2016[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are two things I can’t stand more than anything. The first is getting in trouble. The second is travelling. I hate travelling. I hate packing, I hate that long drive to the airport and I hate going on airplanes.…
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TIM’S BIT: Air Canada isn’t all it’s ‘cracked’ up to be
February 12, 2016Tim’s Bit: Tirades on our stupidest things. . . is a new web-exclusive column featuring Tim Mottishaw’s comedic tirades on some of our humanity’s dumbest problems, with regards to culture, society and politics. Read more Tim’s Bit here! [dropcap]I[/dropcap]'m one…
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