Best cafes in Bergen (+ my hot chocolate challenge)

Hi, I’m Lily and I studied abroad in Bergen this last semester at the University of Bergen. Bergen, Norway is known as the rainiest city in Europe and as it is relatively far north in Norway it also experiences less

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Bikes, hikes and [can’t think of anything suitable that rhymes] in Freiburg

Catherine Tait (MLang French and German – Year Abroad studying at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, S.W. Germany) Welcome to Freiburg. I expect you cycled into the city centre. Most people do. That said, you are looking a little pale… you must

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A Semester In Copenhagen

“Enriching lives, opening minds”. In reflecting on my semester abroad, no phrase better sums it up than that of the Erasmus+ programme. My name is Eddie and for five months, from September 2022 through to January 2023, I was fortunate

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Liebe GrĂĽĂźe aus Berlin!

Hallo! My name is Ben, and I am a final year BA Modern Languages student just returned from a 9 month placement at the Universität Potsdam near Berlin. I was really fortunate to have the opportunity to spend such a

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Vienna off-screen

By Jewel Konieczny I first fell in love with Vienna on screen, in what is now one of my favourite films and the first of Linklater’s Trilogy: Before Sunrise. This year, I was fortunate enough to spend the summer semester

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Tranquilidad: My year as an ELA in Almería, Spain

Hola! My name is Mitul, a third-year BA Spanish student (going into my fourth year). Over the last 8 months, I worked as an English Language Assistant in the province of Almeria, situated in Andalucía.  Almería is a beautiful region

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