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¢.18 Beers and $10 Sushi With Brandon Losh & Johnny Felsenthal

Posted on by Chris Carlton

Semester at Sea / Study Abroad in Berlin

Brandon Losh and Johnny Felsenthal did Semester at Sea and Berlin about as good as you can do it. They’re great friends who studied abroad in different locations at the same time and actually missed visiting each other by a two weeks.

One of the ongoing themes throughout The Study Abroadcast is that they system just worked;

it does work, why else do you think I’m doing the podcast…

Anyways, that could be more evident with this episode.

Detailed recollections ✅

Close encounters ✅

Late nights ✅

All in a days work a semester’s trip.

They’re pretty funny, too. And it sounds more like you’re shooting the shit with them in their apartment than it does podcast interview.

So listen ⤴️, interviews like these are hard to beat.

“When music hits you feel no pain” – Bob Marley

 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

  • Making the decision to study abroad 🤔 [2:14]
  • Johnny lived in Germany, and Brandon did a Semester at Sea Johnny 🇩🇪 [2:14] Brandon 🚢[2:46]
  • The art of finding a comparative vs selective study abroad experience ⚓️ [3:10]
  • Based in Berlin, but European bound 🇪🇺 [3:53]
  • Location selection and history led faculty trips 🏰 [4:46]
  • Getting money to study abroad 💸 [5:54]
  • Life at sea 🎓[6:24]
  • Holding it down in Berlin 🏘 [9:30]
  • Bonin West Africa for the Peace Corps 🇧🇯 [12:06]
  • Stops from the ship ⛴ [12:35]
  • Johnny turned loose in Europe 🇪🇺 [13:21]
  • The booze bus to Amsterdam 🚍🍻[13:58]
  • Getting mugged in the rape capital of the world 🇿🇦 [15:23]
  • On to the food (and drinks)…  🍱 [17:36]
  • Plans after graduation 🎓 [21:40]
  • No love for Trump in Germany 🇩🇪 [22:55]
  • Why Brandon decided to go to Drake 🎵 [25:31]
  • Justifying the $200,000+ education @ Drake 💰 [26:09]
  • Media recommendations 🙌[27:44]
  • Advice for others thinking about studying abroad (x4) 🧐 [28:40]

Two Years of Service, A Lifetime of Fulfillment [Infographic]

Brandon Losh and Johnny Felsenthal
Glacier National Park in Montana
Studying abroad
Looking for someone to add the finishing touches to my doodles. Experience with crayons preferred, but not required.

Botswana Bound in Africa With Lauren Goetze

Posted on by Chris Carlton

Lauren Goetze in Botswana

“It matters where you go, but if you’re on the bubble, just go somewhere.” — Lauren Goetze

I love when I interview someone and have to pull up the old maps to find out exactly where they went. That’s exactly what happened when I talked to Lauren about her trip to Botswana, which BTW is in the southern part of Africa.

This is now the third interview I’ve done with a student who studied abroad in this part of the continent, so they must be doing something right down there.

The dollar stretches a lot further in Africa, which means you can do a lot more with less. What you want to do is up to you if you decide to go, but Lauren’s interview is a pretty good example of what you can do.

You’ll also find out why it’s a bonus of if enjoy KFC. But that’s just me digressing. Seriously though, The University of Botswana soundsamazing and so do the stories that Lauren tells in her interview.

If you’ve come this far you now know where Botswana is. You can learn more about the country in the infographic below.

A BIG thank you to Lauren for taking the time from her busy schedule at Drake to do the interview. Give her website a look to see what she’s up to now.

“It always seems impossible until its done” — Nelson Mandela

SHOW NOTES 

  • Last-minute choice to study abroad in Botswana due to political unrest in South Africa 🇧🇼 [1:14]
  • Scholarly details and studying abroad through CIEE 🎓 [3:40]
  • Pushing through the uncertainty of living in an unknown country 🤷‍♀️ [6:15]
  • Waking up for early classes due to the heat of the day and dealing with classes taught in Setswana (Botswana’s native language) ⏰[7:34]
  • Camping in the desert and other travels to escape protests at the university ⛺️🏜 [10:21]
  • Getting drenched at Victoria Falls 🏞
  • Finding food as a gluten-free vegetarian in a land of beef and starch 🥦 [14:56]
  • KFCs everywhere and other infrastructure 🍗[16:12]
  • A new perspective from living abroad 👩‍🎓[17:08]
  • Recommendations and final quotes 🙌 [18:13]

6 Reasons To Study Abroad in Botswana [Infographic]