It’s a jarring juxtaposition that upon leaving places you’ve lived you realize how fundamental they are to you, and to […]
Archive for ‘France’
Bird watching and military schools
It’s Saturday and I’m spending a day with the local bird watching association. “Il y a 15 bouses!” shouts my […]
Stuck in the Mountains
Grenoble is for people who like mountains – a lot. That was my first surmise on arrival at a French […]
Bienvenue à Lyon, “Fufannah”
I hadn’t really thought much about what moving to France would actually entail, until suddenly I found myself sitting alone […]
The Calm Before the Storm
Well, I suppose it wouldn’t be France without some kind of administerial nightmare to welcome me as a terrifying kind […]
Vive le Tram!
I’ve chosen a rather unorthodox topic for my first blog post in a while, purely because it’s one of the […]
Just when you thought Erasmus couldn’t get any more glamorous…
I wonder if I will ever be able to write a blog entry while the glorious colours of my many […]
Return to Action
I was prompted to write this particular blog entry because I happened to take a glance at the calendar. It […]
Discovering just how British you are
I used to think I was a bit of a Francophile; more accustomed to the French way of life but […]
A Valentine’s Message
Something that gives me hope in the world is the sheer volume of people who are currently in a long […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 