{"id":6478,"date":"2019-05-16T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2019-05-16T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T06:35:03","slug":"timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy’s Travel Tips – USA, Canada, and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Timothy F.,\u00a0\u200bBachelor of Justice \/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
\n<\/em>University of Wyoming, USA (Semester 2, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n

Host University<\/strong><\/p>\n

Campus life within the University of Wyoming was completely different from that within Brisbane. I arrived at the end of Fall and start of Winter so the campus was so beautiful with all the trees changing colour. About two months into the semester we had our first blizzard overnight; in the morning, absolutely everything was covered in snow (about 2 feet) and there was a massive snowplow and bobcat running around campus clearing all the snow.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Classic London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The city, Laramie, each year takes over Antarctica as the coldest place on earth for a short period of time due to the combination of snowstorms and fast winds. This year was no different and it reached below -30 degrees without taking into account wind chill. I joined a Fraternity whilst studying (Sigma Phi Epsilon) and enjoyed every second of it. Only after joining a Fraternity did I realise the extent of the dramatization of Fraternities due to Hollywood; there is so, so much more to a Fraternity\/Sorority (female Fraternity) than what is portrayed. Most weeks within the Fraternity involved attending self-improvement seminars, philanthropic events and community service opportunities.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
University Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Host Country and Travels<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the time I arrive home I would have studied for a total of 4 months and lived outside my Host University for a total of 3 months on the road. Luckily for me I had attended International House College within the University of Queensland for two years and thus, made many friends from all over the world. Due to this, I was able to, and currently am, couch surfing all over the world.<\/p>\n

I started off my travels with a 10-day road trip around Canada (Toronto > Montreal) then took a Grey Hound bus (as I did everywhere to save money) to Boston. From Boston I traveled the East Coast ending at New York. Each location on the East Coast I stayed with a friend for about 5-8 days total. By the time I started my study in Wyoming (August 28) I had seen over 7 states within the US and 5 cities within Canada. At the moment I am on my post-travel adventures. I finished school on the 18th<\/sup> December and since then I have been snowboarding and hiking all around the Colorado Rockies,\u00a0backpacking around America, Netherlands and exploring areas of Europe, including London for a period of 13 days. I have payed for accommodation literally once this entire trip, being Amsterdam. It\u2019s all about who you know!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Canals at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tips and advice for future students<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had one rule when I wanted to travel somewhere: You can never do enough personal research on the destination you are going to and the destinations you want to see! You will never hear the end of this from the Study Abroad Office at QUT. However if you do a superficial job researching your travels, you will have a superficial time and quite potentially run into trouble (for example, I missed a connecting bus time-change from New York > Wyoming which resulted in a 9 hour wait in a very questionable Cincinnati bus stop \u2013 do not recommend). I was able to see a total of 14 States within America, travel around the Netherlands and see a lot of England within a total of 3 months without encountering any major issues because I had planned the costs and logistics and foresaw any problems I may face by spending hours brainstorming. It sounds excessive, but there is nothing worse than being alone in a country you know nothing about and having no plan of action.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Planning is key<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leave all your preconceived notions of what it may be like wherever it is you are going and just accept being immersed in the new culture, it’s honestly the best way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Timothy F.,\u00a0\u200bBachelor of Justice \/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Wyoming, USA (Semester 2, 2017) Host University Campus life within the University of Wyoming was completely different from that within Brisbane. I arrived at the end of Fall and start of Winter so the campus was so beautiful with all the trees changing colour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,5948,219,226,5271],"tags":[207,219,5271],"class_list":{"0":"post-6478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-adjusting-to-uni","7":"category-clubs-and-societies","8":"category-public-transport","9":"category-travel","10":"category-united-states","11":"tag-adjusting-to-uni","12":"tag-public-transport","13":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTimothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Timothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Timothy F.,\u00a0\u200bBachelor of Justice \/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Wyoming, USA (Semester 2, 2017) Host University Campus life within the University of Wyoming was completely different from that within Brisbane. I arrived at the end of Fall and start of Winter so the campus was so beautiful with all the trees changing colour.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"QUT Gone Global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Study Abroad and Exchange Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Study Abroad and Exchange Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Study Abroad and Exchange Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7\"},\"headline\":\"Timothy’s Travel Tips – USA, Canada, and Europe\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\"},\"wordCount\":678,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adjusting to Uni\",\"Public Transport\",\"United States\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Adjusting to Uni\",\"Clubs and societies\",\"Public Transport\",\"Travel\",\"United States\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\",\"name\":\"Timothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Timothy’s Travel Tips – USA, Canada, and Europe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/\",\"name\":\"QUT Gone Global\",\"description\":\"QUT students studying abroad\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7\",\"name\":\"Study Abroad and Exchange Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Study Abroad and Exchange Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/author\/stae\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Timothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Timothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global","og_description":"Timothy F.,\u00a0\u200bBachelor of Justice \/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours) University of Wyoming, USA (Semester 2, 2017) Host University Campus life within the University of Wyoming was completely different from that within Brisbane. I arrived at the end of Fall and start of Winter so the campus was so beautiful with all the trees changing colour.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/","og_site_name":"QUT Gone Global","article_published_time":"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Study Abroad and Exchange Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Study Abroad and Exchange Team","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/"},"author":{"name":"Study Abroad and Exchange Team","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7"},"headline":"Timothy’s Travel Tips – USA, Canada, and Europe","datePublished":"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/"},"wordCount":678,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg","keywords":["Adjusting to Uni","Public Transport","United States"],"articleSection":["Adjusting to Uni","Clubs and societies","Public Transport","Travel","United States"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/","name":"Timothy's Travel Tips - USA, Canada, and Europe - QUT Gone Global","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-16T06:35:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2019\/04\/Timothy-Flanagan-Danish-School-of-Media-and-Design-Photo-1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2019\/05\/16\/timothys-travel-tips-usa-canada-and-europe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Timothy’s Travel Tips – USA, Canada, and Europe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/","name":"QUT Gone Global","description":"QUT students studying abroad","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/#\/schema\/person\/1caadfafc64c36916a92beca156fffa7","name":"Study Abroad and Exchange Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/284dd0d12ce7cde9d1b80fa2beb004b6543ee93f044c69bfa8f3f19295a1ae28?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Study Abroad and Exchange Team"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/author\/stae\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7423,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6478\/revisions\/7423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}