How To Get The Ultimate South Shore Experience
Over the past year I have had a lot of excitement travelling in Europe, living in New York City, and then living and working on a college campus in Boston this summer. A couple weeks ago, my summer job ended and I moved back home to the Massachusetts South Shore where...
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Getting Ready to Study Abroad Part 2: When You Arrive
It's getting close to the start of the school year, and that means lots of students will be boarding flights to spend a semester or a year in a foreign country. Study abroad is becoming more and more common among college students, and it's basically a rite of passage...
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Getting Ready To Study Abroad Part 1: Before You Leave
It's almost that time of year again—back to school. But if you're like a lot of college students nowadays, instead of preparing to head back to your school for another year, you're getting ready to embark on an adventure in a totally foreign part of the world. A few...
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Finding A Job That Doesn’t Feel Like A Job
This summer was probably the busiest one I've ever had. But at the same time, it was probably the best one I've ever had. I worked six or seven days each week and somewhere around 15 hours each day, which to most people might sound crazy and miserable! In most other...
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The Greatest View in New York City
A couple weeks ago, I had one of the best weekends I've had in a long time. I had the weekend off from work and headed to one of my favourite cities—New York! Obviously I was happy to spend a few days in one of the most exciting cities in the world, but what I was...
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Valuing Experiences Over Material Things
For the majority of my life, I considered myself a pretty big shopaholic. I would go to the mall every weekend and rarely leave without buying at least a few things. But over the past couple of years, I've slowly started to realise that just buying clothes, shoes,...
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A Guide To The Museums of New York City
If there is one thing New York does not have a shortage of (well besides tourists and pigeons that is), it's museums! When I first moved to New York, I was dying to visit a bunch of the museums, but didn't want to pay much money to go. But luckily I discovered that...
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A Hidden Gem In New England: Portsmouth, NH
When you think of fun places to visit in New England, cities like Boston, Providence, Newport, and maybe even Burlington come to mind. But this past weekend, I ventured into Portsmouth, New Hampshire with my mom, sister, aunt, and cousins when we were visiting a...
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What To See And Do In Bath, England
I have always been pretty obsessed with England, and recently I've been feeling super nostalgic and really want to visit again. My favourite city will always be London, but another amazing English city that less people really know about is Bath. On my last trip to the...
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What Broadway Show Should You See?
The Tony Awards were a week and a half ago, and now a lot of people have Broadway shows on the mind... I know I do! Growing up, my family was always very into live theatre, so I was exposed to plays and Broadway shows from a pretty young age. Then after moving to New...
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Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You
As Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, "Do one thing every day that scares you." I just finished reading a book called My Year With Eleanor in which the author decides to follow Eleanor's wise words and do just that! After getting laid-off from her job and feeling a...
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My Plans for the Summer, and I’m Moving Abroad!
Recently, there have been so many exciting changes in my life. First of all, I left my job at L'Oréal. I learned a lot while I was there, but the longer I stayed, the more I realised customer marketing just wasn't for me. Plus, even though I find the beauty industry...
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Hi! I’m Christie, a 28-year-old girl originally from Boston who has lived all over the world. I love living abroad and experiencing different places as a local. I have no greater passion than travel, and when I’m not exploring I spend my free time reminiscing on past trips, daydreaming about future travel, and sharing it all here on Girl Sees The World.
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