January has been and gone, and brought with it two student nemeses: exams (which are, quelle surprise, even more daunting […]
Tag Archive for ‘ERASMUS’
“I Didn’t Know There Was School For Grown Ups!”
Two weekends ago came the most anticipated event in the Lyonnais calendar – the Fête des Lumières. Back in 1643, […]
Swedish Winter Wonderland
Not having written a single line in a couple of weeks, which I apologise for in case once upon a […]
Chainsaws, Artist Collectives and Cheddar Cheese
Somehow a month and a half has passed since I last blogged, and I’m well aware this is due a […]
Early-Morning French
It happened. I should have been better prepared, I know; I should have spent a full week stressing over obstruants […]
The hills are alive, with the sound of tourists.
What do you do when you find yourself facing a long weekend on ERASMUS, courtesy of Austria’s love of national […]
Mal du Pays
It’s a weird time of year to be out of the UK. I never thought the drizzly end of October […]

A Girl Walking over a Swamp
This weekend sun has flooded Uppsala. I got sunburnt. In Northern Europe. In late October. It was the very first […]
Life at the Sorbonne Nouvelle
I’m on my fourth week in Paris and life still hasn’t settled down. There are no half measures on your […]

Definition of a nation
This year’s first snowflake dropped on my nose yesterday. Actually, the first snow came to Uppsala the evening before but […]