Look! British Ellie has evolved into Canadian Ellie!

So within the last month I may possibly have turned slightly Canadian… I willingly say “eh” at the end of sentences. I don’t find -12⁰C that cold anymore. My go-to coffee shop is of course Tim Horton’s (Timmy’s 4 Life

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Canadians celebrate Pancake Day too (or my second month in Canada).

Well, another month has passed already and in that time midterms have been and gone, as has Spring Break. Unfortunately in Canada we only get one week off as opposed to one month like back home in Southampton, so I

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To bise or not to bise, that is the question!

I think I’d have to split the idea of becoming friends with a real authentic French person into separate stages just because it makes it all just that bit more exciting for us as Erasmii. Naturally at first, you know

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One, two, three, four, five; Once I caught a fish alive!

I’m in France for my Year Abroad and I usually find myself writing up the week’s worth of events which normally contain at least one stupidity. But hopefully the foolish things that I get up to will be amusing for

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Spring has sprung!

Although there is still snow on the mountains and I’ve just purchased an ultralight jacket (super warm, if a little  puffy), it is now officially Spring! I know it is now officially Spring because a) there were an awful lot

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Three Weeks in Extraordinary India

After just one week spent in Mumbai, India, a student from Vibgyor High school asked me, “How would you describe India in one word?”. I gaped at her in horror. “Just one word? That’s impossible.” After spending three weeks there

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