Leaving home to study abroad, whether it be for a Summer program, a semester abroad or a year abroad, is an experience like nothing else. Although I had essentially ‘left home’ ten months earlier when I moved from the town
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Arriving At My New Home
Applying to Study Abroad
Studying abroad has always been an idea that appealed to me, and was a considerable reason why I applied to study in Southampton in the first place. For numerous reasons, my first semester of first year wasn’t a very enjoyable
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 moreHotdogs and chickens
Universities and schools across Brazil are now paralysed because of student protests and teachers striking. I don’t particularly want to comment on the situation here because it is so sad and complicated. So, in order to make the best of
Read moreMy Time in Chile – Concepción
It is truly bizarre to think I set out on my year abroad nearly a year and a half ago. Nevertheless, looking back on it now, it’s hard to contain my nostalgia and the incredible connections and experiences I embraced
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