University of Western Ontario exchange

Studying abroad was something i’d always wanted to do and seeing as i’m useless as foreign languages it was pretty handy that the opportunity to study in Canada came up. I was originally only supposed to be there for the

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Reflecting on My Time Abroad

Now that it has come to the end of this academic year, it seems like a good time to reflect on a couple of the highlights of my semester abroad in Canada. September marked the beginning of my adventure at the

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Still not sick of snow

Sadly, coming to the end of my exchange at Western 🙁 Here’s some stuff I’ve been doing whilst in Canada! Toronto Did a university international’s trip to Toronto and managed to do all the main touristy hotspots in one day which was

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First signs of Canadian Spring?

Well hello again to you! A little update on the weather report… positive temperatures have been reached!! Yippeeeee!!  I’m beginning to sound like a broken record regarding the weather but it is such a novelty. I don’t want to tempt

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Canadians Hate the Cold (Pre-Reading Week)

Howdy folks, Into the second blog post already, the time is flying! I thought I’d cover just a few things I’ve been up to and what’s surprised me over these past couple of weeks in the run up to Reading

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Western University eh?

I made it.  The long wait and drastic build up is over and I am finally in Canada! First impression: Cold. Oh boy the temperature change took quite some adjustment, that and being able to walk like a normal person

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