First month down. How the hell has that happened??!!? In some ways it still feels as though I have LITERALLY […]
They Grow Into Huge & Gnarly Monsters
I suppose I should make this a long one, on account of the fact that I haven’t posted in a […]
Life in Nishinomiya: Initial Impressions
I’ve had a fair amount of time to explore Nishinomiya during this first week, and while it may still be […]
Japan! From Saitama to Nishinomiya
Almost exactly a week ago, I wrote my first blog post talking about leaving Scotland for Japan. At the time […]
The Hard Part
Well, I’ve been in Bologna for a week now, all alone and with meagre Italian. The actual travelling here, the […]
McGill University, Montreal
So I have been in Montreal for nearly 2 weeks, and I have only just about figured out what I […]
Leaving Day
It’s finally here: the day I leave for a year in Japan. Despite this whole long summer preparing I’m still […]
Strange Internal Convulsions Reminiscent of Both Fear & Heartbreak
I’ve read enough year abroad posts by now to know that I would be terribly amiss not to write something […]
Departure: Excitement & Anxiety
My name is Harriet and I’m just about to begin the third year of my degree in English Literature. […]
Battlefield Ferguson
The service in the church where one week ago many thousands mourned the death of Michael Brown begins with the […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 