Originally Posted by
Bostondevil
Effects of the pandemic: As I mentioned before, I chaperoned middle schoolers on a trip to England and Scotland in the summer of 2013. I absolutely fell in love with Edinburgh and knew as soon as I left that I wanted to come back. I have a pinky swear deal with a fellow theater artist to go to the Edinburgh Festival with her when that is a thing again. But that's not the end of it, I have decided that I am finally going to have a semester abroad. I looked into studying abroad when I was at Duke. There were no programs for math majors and had I chosen to spend a semester abroad, I would not have been able to graduate in 4 years. The next step was to look at summer programs and my parents' reaction was - wherever you can afford to go. In other words, they wouldn't be paying for it. I went to Montreal for a month. Duke had a program with the Universite de Montreal, so, the coursework was in French and I will argue that Montreal is the most European feeling city in North America, but still, it was study abroad light.
So, my plan, when it becomes possible to do such a thing again, is to find a way to live in Scotland for 6-9 months. I'm not really planning to study anything. I'm thinking of it more as a sabbatical.