Study abroad in Cozumel | Blyth Academy International Summers

My advice would be to live in the moment. As long or short as the trip may seem at the beginning, everyone found that time seemed to go by so fast, but we felt as thought we had been there for months. In the last 2 weeks of my trip, I realized that it was coming to an end and I began to stop every once and awhile and take things in. These are the moments I remember most and will have with me always.

Blythe put together a pretty standard schedule for us, which gave us plenty of time to be in class and study, but also enough free time to explore and have fun. Week days we would have morning and afternoon class with lunch in between and then a couple hours after before dinner and then a couples hours before curfew.

I am a very social and friendly person, but going into this trip I was very nervous about the new people I was going to meet and be living with. At first, I assumed there would be cliches and groups and I had a fear of being excluded, but I soon learned that that was not the case and I grew very close with almost everyone on that trip and we because a big family. I am still very close with some of these people and consider them my best friends.

I have many memories that I hope I never forget, but one of my favorite parts was during one of the excursions. We went out on a boat to swim with whale sharks which was absolutely breathtaking, but on our way home we drove up alongside some dolphins. I was sitting at the very front of the boat with my legs hanging on both sides facing forwards and the captain slowed down enough for the dolphins to swim alongside the bow right under my feet, they were only about half a meter away from touching my toes for about ten minuets. I was in heaven and will never forget that moment.