My journey to find work experience as an Exercise Science major had started with a simple email. Earlier in my exchange program I purchased the book ‘Becoming a Supple Leopard’ written by Kelly Starrett. This book is a complete encyclopaedia of improving and restoring physical...
Having booked flights to Guatemala for spring break, four days before I had realised the crucial mistake that I did not have my immunisations done. Frantically trying to figure if it were possible to be immunised in that time I soon came to realise that...
A foreword to this blog. Art is a visual internal experience and can only truly be understood once you can physically be infront of the piece. Words can only give a partial representation of what you will hope to find at SFMOMA as often there...
Part 3: Berkeley, Grizzly Hill and the Big C This weekend I ventured across the bay to Berkeley on a beautiful sunny Friday. It was a very nice 20®C and I had entered Berkeley armed with ‘Maps.me’ and two other study abroad students, Dudi and Ross,...
The Lands End This day started by me deciding to give my new bike a spin. Being new and naïve to San Francisco, the route from Sunset to Richmond looked very achievable on Google Maps, 2.3km with a slight incline can’t be that hard right? Wrong…...
First of Many Trails Hi I’m Julian and I’m an international student from Australia doing my study abroad here at SF State and this is my first (and delayed, sorry, blog). San Francisco has opened my eyes to realise it is truly and beautiful and unique city...
Recently myself and another international student went to a comedy show. My friend and I are both British and we had tickets to see Russell Howard, a British stand-up comedian. A lot of my, US, friends exclaimed "you can't come to the US and watch...
The semester is almost over and you are thinking about what you could do during your last days in the Bay? I suggest the Conservatory of Flowers in the Golden Gate Park. I wasn't very enthusiastic at the beginning because you know.. flowers, really? But, as you...
That’s it, it’s almost the end. 2 more weeks and all the exchange students will go home. For my part, I am starting to be really sad. During my stay in San Francisco, I met people from so many places in the world, saw places...
The time has come to start thinking of all the things that are left to do before heading home. To be honest, it kind of snuck up on me. One day the departure was still months away and suddendly it's only a few short weeks. Looking...