After having finished my degree in French and Spanish with Interpreting at the University of Sheffield, I knew where I wanted my career to go. Since the age of 16 I have wanted to be a conference interpreter. I took the entrance exams for the University of Geneva, and I…
Josie Holley – Case Study, Geneva (Nov 2013 – May 2014)
My advice to anybody considering a bursary to travel abroad would be to grab the opportunity while you can! After having finished my degree in French and Spanish with Interpreting at the University of Sheffield, I knew where I wanted my career to go. Since the age of 16 I…
Février à Genève a été un mois de brouillards, de pluies et, au moins pour moi, d’étudier. La reprise de cours est le 17 février et j’ai dû étudier pour bien être au niveau pour le deuxième semestre. Mais, heureusement j’ai profité d’une petite pause la semaine avant la…
Qu’est-ce que je peux dire du dernier mois de semestre ? Tellement de choses se sont passées que je vais me concentrer sur un évènement qui se passe chaque année à Genève : l’Escalade. L’Escalade se fait en deux parties. La première partie est la course à l’escalade. Cette année…
I have been staying with a friend in Cordoba for two weeks in order to improve my Spanish before starting the second semester in Geneva. I could talk about the monuments in Cordoba, Granada or Seville (as we also visited these two cities), or perhaps of the prodigious amounts of…
Photo taken inside the Alhambra palace capturing the intricate decoration which covers it.
The view of the Mezquita from the Roman Bridge at the Entrance to the Old Town
