Last weekend, ESN Besançon, who are the Erasmus Society for us international students, very kindly organised a trip to Geneva and Annecy, in Switzerland and France respectively. We were originally told to meet at 6.45am, but that swiftly became 7
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Stunning Switzerland (and France)
Day out in Dijon
Yesterday morning saw 5 of us get up rather early to head to Dijon, capital of the Côte-d’Or département and the Burgundy region and home of course to the mustard. After an eventful half an hour in the train station,
Read moreColmar (aka the prettiest place ever)
Before University classes started this week, we really wanted to visit some places in France, so Sunday saw Ania and I heading to the prettiest place I’ve ever seen. Ania had previously come across an article that described Colmar, in
Read moreTWO AND A HALF WEEKS
All posts are taken from my personal Year Abroad Blog (https://georgiainmymind.wordpress.com) So as I approach my third week here, I realise I haven’t yet written any posts, not because of lack of things to write about, but because of lack
Read more10 Reasons I Chose Norway
((Megan is blogging regularly about her life in Oslo at meganinnorway.blogspot.no)) …and specifically Oslo! Erasmus grant. This is literally free money (you don’t have to repay it), provided by the British Council and organised by Southampton, and it is only available
Read moreFirst week of year abroad
[From my blog at madridmemories.wordpress.com]. Hi! It’s been a while since I last posted, and that’s because I’ve been busy moving to Spain! I’m here in Madrid to study for 9 months, at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Culture shock Having
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