This Monday, Spectator Opinion presents four students’ experiences with studying abroad and their decisions to leave New York for a semester. Fernanda Diaz calms down and finds space to breathe at the University of York. Lauri Feldman discovers Cape Town is a city with secrets of its own. Samuel Daly finds studying in Tanzania raises more questions than answers. Dov Friedman digs up new perspectives on Egypt during an archaeological dig program. Katherine Domash passes on studying in China and decides to stick around.

• Self-Realization While Settling Into “Old” York [1]
• Compare, Appreciate, and Accept [2]
• Egypt Reveals A Different Kind Of Intensity [3]
• Tanzania Without A Guidebook, Or Any Books [4]
• Sacrificing China for a “Real” College Experience [5]