Year Abroad Q&A: Part 2
One of my first posts as a student blogger was a question and answer session based around the year abroad, which can be found here. Now that I’ve completed my time in both France and Spain, I thought I’d repeat those questions, considering my experiences.
Hiking Pau
A couple of weeks ago, I went on a university run trip into the mountains. This was my first experience of mountain hiking and, while it was certainly intense, it was one of the best experiences of my year abroad and I highly recommend it to anyone considering Pau as their year abroad destination […]
Bordeaux
This week I visited Bordeaux; a city known for its wine (though I unfortunately didn’t have time to indulge in any while I was there). Two and a half hours from Pau, it’s perhaps the best-known city in this part of the country and for good reason. The city hosts its fair share of […]
Pau
While I’m abroad, I intend to use my monthly vlogs to give you a more visual insight into what life is like where I’m living. This time, I have focused the vlog on the historic city of Pau and what you can expect to find there. As always, I’m here to answer any questions […]
Sun, Sea and San Sebastián
As mentioned in my previous post, I spent last weekend in San Sebastian, Spain. Although this trip involved crossing the French/Spanish border, the journey only took three hours by bus and cost me a mere 10€ each way. And it was more than worth it! In addition to the stunning architecture in the old […]
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
There is much that the French do better than us. Bread, fashion, architecture… However, during my six weeks in Pau, I have noticed a tendency which doesn’t sit so well with me. The level of everyday discrimination, namely racial discrimination, that I have witnessed caught me completely by surprise. In fact, I have never before […]
Toulouse and Lyon
Last weekend I travelled to Lyon to celebrate my birthday (in the immortal words of Taylor Swift, ‘I’m feeling 22!’). This meant stopping overnight in Toulouse on Thursday before catching an early flight to the city on Friday morning. This gave me the opportunity to see two cities in one trip, something that I […]
Year Abroad- Round 2
New year, new country. This week I embarked on the second leg of my year abroad which will see me passing the next six months in Pau, in the south of France. After a journey involving fifteen hours of travel, five different means of transport and a terrifying half hour during which I didn’t […]
The Summer School
This time last year, one of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of my university journey this far was drawing to an end. I am, of course, talking about the first-year summer school to France, Spain or Italy which is, perhaps, one of the biggest selling points of the Modern Languages Department. And rightly so! […]
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