Download or read book American Student Abroad, With Retrospective 50 Years On written by Sandra S. Navarro and published by Cornsilk Press. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra S. Navarro's 1969-1970 student-abroad experience took place when there were no computers, mobile phones, or other of the many devices and conveniences indispensable to students today. Twenty-four years after the Second World War, the European Union did not exist, though the Eastern Bloc did. Sandra tells of waltzing in a Viennese palace, traveling behind the Iron Curtain and sharing a 40-hour train ride to Athens with hundreds of migrant workers. From obtaining her first passport to hitchhiking 4,500 miles after the school year, her transformation lies at the heart of this deeply personal story.