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Barcelona, Spain: Beyond the Classroom

Fifty-six students will embark on the first inaugural CIC study abroad class that takes place in for four weeks. 


With the mentoring of Senior Instructor Scott Farrand and Senior Academic Advisor Art Farlowe, they will immerse themselves in learning information literacies and technologies and then hit the streets of the city to create multimedia stories.

A Birthday in Barcelona

Today for a classmate’s birthday, she wanted to go to the Parque de la Ciutadela and rent a boat. The boat cost us 10 euros for all 5 of us to rent a small boat and paddle around a pond in the middle of the park for as long as we wanted.

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Wildlife in Barcelona

One unexpected aspect of Spain was seeing the wild boars roam the city at night. Regular South Carolina wildlife, like squirrels and deer, are hard

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Barcelona on a Budget

After spending two weeks in Barcelona, our pockets and our bank accounts have started to suffer. Luckily for us, there are plenty of places to

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A Day in France

Over our long weekend in Aix-en-Provence, France, a small group of us could not resist the chance to take a beach day at a breathtaking

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Footbaths, Fountains & France!

Aix en Province is known as the City of a Thousand Fountains. In the late 1800s, some canals allowed water to run in the basins of the fountains of the city. At first, these fountains were made for its practicality.

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Visiting the City of 1,000 Fountains

After a metro ride and a five-hour train ride from Barcelona, we finally arrived in the small town of Aix-en-Provence on Wednesday night. Aix-en-Provence is known as the “city of 1,000 fountains” and is located in the southern part of France.

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The Montserrat, A True Marvel

On Monday morning, Group 14 visited the historic Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery. Nestled high up on the Catalonian mountains, Montserrat offered not only breath-taking

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