Hannah Stewart: Case Study – Granada 2021
My time in Granada I was very fortunate to be able to spend last year working and studying in the beautiful city of Granada. As an undergraduate student of Politics and Spanish I had spent many years looking forward to my year abroad. Although it wasn’t exactly the most ‘normal’…
Hana Lowry: Bring on the gingko! – October 2021
It is finally starting to feel a little more like Autumn in Tokyo. After a rather warm start to October – not was around 30 degrees celsius the other day! – it is finally starting to cool down and I am excited to start to see the leaves of gingko…
Monae Bailey: La transición a Alicante: October 2021
Hola! Me llamo Monae y llegué en Alicante hace menos de 2 semanas. Estoy estudiando aquí para el semestre, con un enfoque en módulos de lingüística y un objetivo general de mejorar mi nivel de español. Todos de mis clases están en español y esto es un cambio interesante porque…
Mazin Weber: Madrid – October 2021
Hola a todos! Me llamo Mazin, y esto es mi primera entrega en este sitio web. Como es mi primer blog, me gustaría presentarme: yo soy de Londres estudiando sobre la Historia, Económica, Política y Relaciones Internacionales de Europa en King’s College London. Estoy en mi tercer año ahora mismo,…
Mon arrivée au Mans: Lucy Cooper, September 2021
En descendant du ferry à Ouistreham, j’avais l’impression d’avoir emporté la météo britannique avec moi. Il faisait très gris et pluvieux, mais comme vous pouvez le voir dans mes photos, le temps s’est vite amélioré ! Je suis arrivée au Mans cette semaine pour commencer la partie française de mon…
Sam King: Bienvenidos a Salamanca! – September 2021
!Hola a todos! Me llamo Sam, y llegué aquí en Salamanca hay un par de semanas. Me presento: soy un estudiante de Máster en Historia Latinoamericana en la Universidad de Salamanca (también conocido por los estudiantes como USAL). Viviré en España para los primeros 4 meses de mi Máster Erasmus…
Hana Lowry: Cooling off in the mountains – September 2021
It has been a rather eventful month politically here in Japan with the unpopular Olympics, the high number of covid cases in Tokyo and the resignation of the Prime Minister due to lack of popular support. I covered the Olympics for a paper and it was a very busy but…
Holly O’Mahony: Case Study – Geneva 2020-21
I have had the pleasure of spending the last year in Geneva, Switzerland, where I have been completing the first year of my Masters degree in International Affairs. Alongside my regular classes I took weekly French classes, and was pushed to improve my French through my interactions with French-speaking friends…
Holly O’Mahony: Le transport public gratuit de Montpellier – August 2021
Après avoir passé le mois dernier à suivre un cours de français intensif à Montpellier, l’une de mes caractéristiques préférées de la ville est que son système de transports en commun est partiellement gratuit pour les citoyens. Tous les samedis et dimanches, depuis septembre 2020, les bus et tramways de…
Hana Lowry: The Summer Games round to a close… August 2021
It has been a very busy and, in many ways, fulfilling month. Last week, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to an end and so did my reporting stint that I had taken up for its duration. It was an incredibly unusual Olympics, for obvious reasons, and the controversy that surrounded…
