How would like to be waking up this morning in Australia (where it’s summer)? Or Costa Rica? Or Paris? Or Italy?

While I’m not about to promise that reading a blog from one of those far-flung locales is the “next best thing,” I do want to highlight a new addition to our blog lineup. Sound Sounders Studying Abroad features four blogs currently and spans the globe chronicling the travels and experiences of local students as they study abroad.

We have a UWT student, Ryan Moss, in Costa Rica studying the environment and taking some amazing pictures. There is Halley Griffin, a UW student focusing on politics in Paris. PLU journalism professor Joanna Lisosky is leading 15 PLU students in the land down under, while PLU student Jessica Luppino just arrived in Florence, Italy.

If you know any other local students studying abroad who are blogging – or willing to blog – about their experiences, send me a note.