Hi, my name’s Rachel and I study MLang Spanish and Portuguese. I’ll be living in Brazil for the year, studying at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG for short) in Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil. Day 1 25/7/16 (Stopover at
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First week in Brazil
Living in Xiamen, Travelling Around China: Tips and Facts
For the last 10 months I have been living in both the Xiang’an and Siming areas of Xiamen, China for my Year Abroad. Below are my observations and tips to upcoming students travelling here. Climate Chinese people typically refer to
Read moreTips on surviving a year abroad in China
Hello! My name is Mang and I just spent a year studying in Nanjing, China. Although I loved each and every experience, here are some of the things I wish I knew beforehand to make my year abroad a little
Read moreUniversity in Madrid: politics, relaxed exams and a lack of lined paper
My year abroad has come to an end! A lot has happened in the last few months, but, seeing as I spent the year as a student, I thought I’d focus this post on the differences between my home university
Read moreFeeding the flirty homeless and other anecdotes
[Taken from my blog at madridmemories.wordpress.com]. Hi! No theme to the blog post this week, just a few anecdotes and things I’ve done since last time… This semester I’ve started to get more involved in ESN (Erasmus Student Network) activities,
Read moreNew Year Adventures – Oaxaca, Toluca and Malinalco
It’s been exactly 2 months since my last blog, so safe to say a lot has happened! Between going home, travelling, starting work again and experiencing more or less every emotion inbetween there hasn’t been a lot of time for
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