Bridy

20 yr old student spending my spare time writing about things that make me happy: traveling, fashion, and life in general follow https://bridylife.wordpress.com for more

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Thoughts Going Into My Senior Year of College terrified

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Travel Bucket List

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Thinking About Hobbies

I’ve been thinking a lot about hobbies recently. You know when someone asked what you like to do in your free time and you just forget everything and end up sounding like a lazy Netflix addict? It’s happened to me too many times to even count! But recently it got me thinking about what actually is my hobbies. I realised I don’t really think of anything I do as actual hobbies. I think it because…

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Favorite Quiet Spots in Princeton (Warm Weather) canal in Princeton the garden by the art museum the path by the science building that has all the arches I saw once but haven't been able to figure out where it is since battlefield

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Oh! How I Missed New York

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Man am I excited for summer. I get so excited for each season as it gets closer and my head just floods with all my favorite things about that season. This summer especially though I’m so excited for all my ‘regular’ summer things.

So here’s a list of the things on my todo list for this summer:

Read 2 books

Make homemade tea

Go to the beach

Go to Deep Leap Falls

Weekend with friends

Picnic at Grounds for Sculpture

Picnic at the Battle Feild

Thrift shopping

Paint room

Brooklyn Bridge walk

Giant splatter painting

Help mom with the garden

Bonfire with friends

Family BBQ

Go to a Concert

Philly Day

6 Flags day

Make ice cream

Go Camping

Tennis

Golfing

Visit Longwood Gardens

Cook though a cookbook

Go to a carnival/boardwalk

Visit the Philly Zoo

Boating

Berry picking

Finish a puzzle

Summer Vision Board + Bucketlist Man am I excited for summer. I get so excited for each season as it gets closer and my head just floods with all my favorite things about that season.

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Mother’s Day

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Coming Home

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Final Thoughts At the End of Abroad

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Favorite Study Spots in Rome

Favorite Study Spots in Rome

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Slightly oddly there aren’t many places in Rome I’ve found where I can actually get work done. Especially spots with WiFi that’ll let you study there for hours on end doing work. However, I have found a few spots.

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Packing is probably the wost. Actually unpacking is the worst and I’m not looking forward to my bags sitting 1/2 unpacked in my room a month after moving back home. There aren’t really any tips for unpacking other than doing it step by step but there are lots of things you can do that can help you to pack. Here are the things I did when packing for abroad which made all the difference for me.

  A lot of these are also things that I do when I pack for normal trips as well so you can use these ideas for normal travelling or packing as well

The obvious:

know the weather of where you are going to be living (and how it changes while you’re there) and where you want to travel to

know how long you will be there

Things you’ll need

as light weight of a bag as possible

I opted for a large rolling duffle rather than a structured suitcase because it allowed me a few extra pounds so my bag would be under 50lbs

space bags (small roll up – large vacuum sizes)

bag scale

App: Smart Closet

this is the biggest help!

How to use Smart Closet to help you pack:

I love this app for a million reasons and use it all the time. You take a photo of your clothes and upload it to the app and can put together outfits and keep track of when you wear them. You also can put the outfits and clothes into different categories so you can find them easier.

There is a section titled “packing” under the “more” menu that allows you to make a packing list from your digital closet

You can pack by article of clothing or with outfits. I prefer the outfits because it helped me to pack thing’s I’ll actually wear. Obviously, though making outfits for every day for the 5 months I was here ahead of time is unrealistic and didn’t happen.

How I Packed For Abroad Packing is probably the wost. Actually unpacking is the worst and I'm not looking forward to my bags sitting 1/2 unpacked in my room a month after moving back home.

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Cork, Ireland

The other week I did a trip up to Ireland to visit my boyfriend who’s studying there. I somehow managed to get the best and some of the worst weather all within a few days.

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7 Tip on How to Actually Get Work Done When Studying Abroad

7 Tip on How to Actually Get Work Done When Studying Abroad

One of the hardest things I’ve found while being abroad is doing the actual “study” part of “study abroad”. This isn’t some new idea pretty much everyone who goes abroad has the same problem. Not saying I have it figured out at all but here are a few of the tricks I’ve been using to try to get my work done. (more…)

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24hrs in London

The end of my spring break was Easter weekend so I hopped on over to Liverpool to stay with some family for the holiday. On my way out of the country, I stayed a night in London and explored the city a little bit before catching my flight that night. (more…)

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Favorite Food Spots in Rome

Favorite Food Spots in Rome

  No secret Italy’s famous for its food. I’ve always LOVED Italian food. As a kid, any type of pasta was one thing my parents could ALWAYS count on me scarfing every bit down. Honestly pretty much still the case. I’ve gotten to try a lot of great food while I’ve been here. Unfortunately, the best food I’ve had has been cooked by my host mom and I can’t exactly recommend her as a place to get…

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Madeira Portugal

The second stop on my spring break trip schedule was Madeira Portugal. It was a bit of a leap for me. I’m not a big fan of the ocean so being surrounded by it was a bit scary not going to lie. But boy was it worth it!! (more…)

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Barcelona

Last Tuesday, VERY late at night I got back from my spring break trips. I had an absolutely amazing time and got to see a lot more of the world. That being said I am still  EXHAUSTED from the trips. I understand now more than ever how travelling can take a lot out of you. I did have a very relaxing time for the most part though. The first stop on my list was Barcelone… (more…)

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