I’ve had the amazing opportunity of spending last semester abroad, at Purdue University in the USA, and I thought I would share my experience here – hopefully this will come in handy to anyone else considering going to Purdue. Life
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A semester at Purdue
Autumn Is Here
Month two in Geneva and autumn is definitely upon us. The mornings are especially chilly; luckily the trams to CERN are nice and warm. At CERN I’ve managed to make some interesting histograms with nice peaks on them, though perhaps
Read moreThe nice stuff I’ve done
Before the work started, the local churches were excellent at organising things for international students, even if you weren’t a part of the church. Below is a picture from a hike up the local ‘mountain’. They also put on trips
Read moreHome sweet home?
Something to remember when you’re on your year abroad…it’s not your home. By that I don’t mean you’re not going to feel at home, but that you should remember that Brazil or China or Spain or wherever you are isn’t
Read moreThe past few weeks
I haven’t written a blog in a few weeks so I thought I’d use this as a revision break: I’ve spent more and more time working; on my lit review and starting revision for exams as my first one is
Read moreThree month mark
Olá a todos e todas, I can’t believe I’ve been in Belo Horizonte for nigh on three months now! It feels like I’ve lived here forever, and also like I arrived last week. My classes are funny in that they
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