Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on July 24, 2019
Before coming to university, I never thought I would build such close relationships with my friends/housemates, however, over the past two years, our group of friends have travelled to and stayed in each others hometowns – Devon, Doncaster and London. I had not been able to blog our first two trips, however over our […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged friends, london, Travel, trip, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on June 29, 2019
This morning, I had to say “see you soon” (not goodbye!) to one of my closest university friends – Caitlin. She will be studying at the University of Florida for the next year during her year abroad, whilst I complete my degree here in Leicester. Caitlin is a friend I made on the first […]
Posted in Study Abroad | Tagged america, florida, friends, friendship, Travel, united states, year abroad
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on June 2, 2019
Nearly two weeks ago, I landed in Barcelona with two of my best friends from university – Bryony and Holly. We had been dreaming of and planning this trip for about a year, with the inspiration coming from one of our favourite childhood films, Cheetah Girls 2 (cheesy, we know). I had never been […]
Posted in Leisure, Uncategorized | Tagged barcelona, budget, budgeting, europe, friends, holiday, spain, Travel, trip, vacation
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on April 30, 2019
***PLEASE NOTE ANY OF THE SPECIFIC TRIPS IN RELATION TO COURSES THAT I MENTION, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, AS IS FUNDING!*** So this time of year appears to be field trip season! Whilst the majority of my course spend a year abroad within their degree and so, don’t have any scheduled field trips, […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Field Trip, friends, holiday, Travel, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on March 20, 2019
So, for the second year in a row I was given the amazing opportunity to be a Study Buddy for visiting Japanese students who were taking part in the English and British Culture Programme. This role involved me attending events both in Leicester and across the United Kingdom alongside the Japanese students, giving them […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged Culture, Japanese, Language, Study Abroad, Summer School, Travel, University
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on February 16, 2019
Last November, I surprised my boyfriend with something he had been wishing for for an absolute age, however thought there would be absolutely no chance of getting – tickets for his birthday to see Hamilton in London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. I bought the tickets last June, on the day that they were released for […]
Posted in Leisure | Tagged american studies, city, england, hamilton, leicester, london, students, Travel
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on February 12, 2019
Over the Christmas period, one of my best friends (who is also called Charlotte!) and I planned for her to come and visit me in Leicester. Both her, and my other best friend from home, Dougie, came to stay with me last year as well, but I thought this would be a fab opportunity […]
Posted in City, Friends | Tagged city, friends, leicester, Leicester city, shopping, Travel, University, University of Leicester, visit
Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on December 31, 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, I wanted to take some time to reflect on what I would label one of the best years of my life. This past year has really confirmed to me that I made the best decision that I could have done in deciding to come to the University of Leicester […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged 2018, friends, memories, opportunities, plans, Travel, year
Posted by Courtney in American Studies on October 10, 2016
As today is World Mental Health Day, I wanted to put the spotlight on what to do when you experience depression whilst travelling. I spent the past year studying in Texas and recently travelled back to the US after just starting new medication. One of the not so nice elements of sertraline is that it […]
Posted in Erasmus, Health, Holiday, Leisure, Study Abroad | Tagged mental health, Travel |
Posted by Jack in American Studies on March 24, 2015
Hey y’all. So over the last two nights I’ve watched two cracking television documentaries. One from my main man Louis Theroux and another from the old school Sir Trevor McDonald. Louis focused on mental illness in America and Trevor spent three months with some of the most notorious mafioso in American history. Both of them […]
Posted in Dissertation, Employment, Leisure, News, Reseach, Revision, Stress, Study Abroad, Studying | Tagged america, american, americanstudies, civilrights, documentaries, film, history, life, Student Blogs, Travel, tv
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