At this point in the trip, school has begun and I am organising my schedule. I have done little exploring of Manchester, but what I have seen is that they love their alcohol and they LOVE football.
Here we are at a Manchester City match:
The atmosphere was amazing, especially when they scored the winning [...]
Not a long entry this time, just a couple of snapshots of the incredible history that awaits you in Lyon! The entire city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage listed site as it contains Roman relics, Mediaeval and Renaissance buildings, and of couse the rest of the city contains 19th, 20th and 21st century buildings [...]
California? Oh I’m sorry, you must be mistaken, I’ll be living in rural Victoria for the next eight months.
When they told me Orientation Week, I expected bad ice breakers to get us talking. I expected Prosh Week type madness. I expected all the stuff that did not happen.
What I did not expect was a trip to the Old City where The Dome of the Rock blew me away.
What I did not expect was a [...]
It’s obvious that if you opt to go on exchange, your main agenda is to study…
Well at least attempt…
However for me, I always planned to make the most of being in a new country close to others…
and making the most of it = travelling.
Last weekend, bored of my new found Chilean normality, I decided to [...]
I stood at the conveyer belt at Ben-Gurion Airport and waited for my luggage to arrive. It did no such thing.
I then waited even longer in a queue at the Lost and Found where a blur of rushed Hebrew flew past me. The anxiety of having no clothes and not quite knowing whether or [...]
I feel like I’m living in a completely different city now that the snow has melted. The University feels totally different. It’s so bright and full of life now but the students are all leaving in droves.
I haven’t yet experienced all the seasons, but I feel that springtime is the best time to be in [...]
There are no traffic rules in this part of China. Red lights don’t really mean red lights, and it is a good idea to look left and right before foot crossing a green light. However, the traffic is not dangerous, because, unlike in Melbourne, vehicles here, expect people to walk out onto the road at [...]
Applying for exchange is a long, arduous process, but as with the best things in life, the end result is definitely worth the effort. The only major hurdle I came across was not being able to get into any subjects (”courses” at U of T) I wanted, as most students had already enrolled for second [...]
So here i am, in the place to be, for spring semester 2009 –> Fudan University of Shanghai. The experience so far has been very pleasant and full of potential.
The reason i came to Shanghai, was to see with new light into the ‘China culture’, in the mainland itself. I am interested in a few [...]