A semester at Purdue

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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Posting from Canada – Western Ontario

Hey everyone! So October has been a super busy and fun month! It started off with Thanksgiving celebrations, had a couple of mid term exams and then finished with a trip to Montreal and going out for Halloween! Still having

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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

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The 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

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Home 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

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First Impressions of Western

As soon as one journey ends, another begins. My summer was chaotic to say the least, and I now find myself in Canada, as a student of the University of Western Ontario. Having arrived two months ago (yes, I’m almost

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