I have just come back from the biggest adventure of my life, trying to get my academic life back in order after 3 months on the road. Sitting here in the USP reading room feeling like I’d never left, trying
Read more
Blogging no Brasil: Episode 7
5 unexpected things that happen on your year abroad
I know the title sounds very BuzzFeedy, but here we go… You become the local celebrity At my church here in Belo Horizonte, everyone knows my name. Whenever anything to do with foreigners, international events or England is mentioned I
Read moreTorres del Paine National Park, Patagonia
This month’s blog is a little different, in that it describes a trek I recently completed, and gives some useful tips for anyone who is embarking on the same adventure! Enjoy! February saw the arrival of my Dad in Chile for 2
Read moreBlogging no Brasil: Episode 6
Oiiiii, tudo bem? Once again, Episode for January arriving late as I have been embarking on travels! As the academic year is topsy-turvy compared to Europe, I am currently enjoying summer holidays until the start of March, during this period
Read moreBlogging no Brasil: Episode 5
Hello everyone! I know this episode is arriving a little late for December, but due to the sheer distance between the UK and Brazil, it was simply more practical to spend the Christmas period in South America. During my time
Read moreMy Stay with a Mapuche family
After several weeks travelling around the south of Chile, I ended my time with a 3 day home stay with a Mapuche family on their farm, about an hour from Pucón, in the ArancunÃa Region of Chile, where the Mapuche people
Read more