The Halfway Point
This week, in addition to finding my way around a new city, I managed to finish up all the last pieces of homework and paperwork from last semester. This means that I have officially completed my first semester, and have hit the halfway point in my year, abroad. I thought this made for a […]
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 […]
Toledo- The Final Countdown
This is it, my final few days in Spain and the end of my first semester abroad! As of tomorrow, I will once again be dragging all my worldly possessions behind me in a suitcase as I head to Madrid for the night, before my early flight on Friday morning. To say that I […]
Speaking a Foreign Language Abroad
As counter-intuitive as it may sound, I haven’t spoken as much Spanish as I would have liked this term, despite being in Spain. I live with other Erasmus students, some of whose knowledge of the language is limited. The result of this is that we often speak English in the flat, as it ended up […]
Feeling Christmassy Abroad
The Christmas season is well and truly upon us and, yet, stuck in a country with whose Christmas traditions I am unfamiliar, I’m finding it a little difficult to get into the festive mood. The truth is, it’s family and friends who make the Christmas season what it is, and I have a thousand […]
Yeah Porto!
Last weekend, I embarked on my first organised trip with the company Yeah Salamanca. This took me on a four-hour bus journey across the Spanish border and on to Porto, in Portugal. This city is on the west coast of Portugal and is primarily known for the wine which shares its name: Port. We […]
Italia
One of the best things about your year abroad is that you will suddenly have friends living all over the world, providing the perfect opportunity to visit some spectacular places. This is exactly what I did this week. Having never before been to Italy (somehow every member of my family had managed to go […]
Castilla y León
Over the past few weekends, I’ve started to slowly explore the area around Salamanca. While the city that is hosting me is fascinating in its own right, I’ve discovered some amazing places on my travels, from the small village of La Alberca to the UNESCO world heritage site that is Segovia. For anyone considering […]
A New Adventure
So, I have officially been in Spain for four days. Day one was a blur of travelling, emotional goodbyes and the trials of dragging all the worldly belongings that I own for the next four months behind me in two suitcases. I spent my first day in Madrid. Other than the whole moving country […]
Year Abroad as a Languages Student
After a protracted period of procrastination, I finally bit the bullet today and booked my flights and accommodation for September. As of the 31st of August, I will officially be a student abroad! While having everything (more or less) sorted has eased my stress levels quite considerably, it has also made the fact that […]
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