Aarun Ilyas: Last Month in Granada, Spain – March 2020
March marks the end of my internship and my last month in Granada. I have left Spain having completed my year abroad but many others have not been as lucky as me. The COVID-19 pandemic being so prevalent right now has reminded of the similarities and differences Spanish society has…
Case Study: Charlotte Grundy – Paris, France 2019
Case Study: Charlotte Grundy – Paris, France 2019 Over the past 6 months I have been completing an internship in Paris as part of my university degree. Ever since I started at university and was aware that I would be spending 18 months abroad, I knew that I wanted to…
Этот месяц был одним из самых насыщенных: я осмеливалась посещать церкви, музеи и ранее неизвестные уголки Санкт-Петербурга. В первый же выходные я посетила ‘большую тройку”: Исаакиевский собор, Храм Спасителя пролитой крови и Эрмитаж. Я приехала в Санкт-Петербург с семьей в 2016 году, однако теперь, когда я могу понимать и читать…
Sam Styan in Tajikistan – БИСЁР КАЛИМАҲО БАРОИ СИПОСГУЗОРӢ – SO MANY WORDS FOR THANK YOU – February 2020
Хостам фикрамро дар бораи фарқият байни форсии эронӣ, афғонию тоҷикӣ баён кунам, чунки ҳозир як баҳс вуҷуд дорад, ки агар форсию тоҷикӣ ду лаҳҷаи стандартӣ аз як забон (муқоиса кунед: англисии бритониёию англисии амрикоӣ) ё ду забон ки иртиботи наздик доранд аммо фарқкунандаанд (муқоиса кунед: шведию норвегӣ). Бо истифода аз…
« Les conférences à Sciences Po » : Phoebe Gittins, Paris, France, February 2020
Comme si avoir la possibilité d’étudier à Sciences Po Paris ne suffisait pas, on a aussi la possibilité de fréquenter des débats pertinents avec des intellectuels et des personnes extraordinaires. Surtout, les deux événements qui m’ont le plus frappée était la conférence donnée par Bruno Patino sur l’actualité française et…
The journey to Guadeloupe was LONG. It was weird because in terms of hours travelling to Reunion took longer but I felt so TIRED during that whole voyage. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I had to catch a flight from Luton Airport at 7am and…
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Au Revoir La Reunion: Rhoda Yaa Assah Manu, Reunion Island – January 2020
Remember how excited I was for Fete Kaf in the last entry? Well, I was not let down in the slightest! It was incredible. I feel like I’ve over-used the words “incredible”, “amazing”, “breath-taking” in these blog entries but they are the only words that have the ability to capture…
Lorenzo Webster: Sevilla, February 2020
The history behind the city’s walls – my 5th month in Sevilla As 2020 got underway it was time to pick my new modules for the next semester. As a politics student in London I searched out for any modules with political aspects and what I found was an interesting…
‘¡Socialismo o muerte!’: José Martí’s Birthday in Havana – Noah Merrin, Cuba, February 2020
Spanish Llegué a La Habana, Cuba, el 25 de enero. La ciudad no tardó mucho en sorprenderme con una festividad muy particular. Solo dos días después de mi llegada, por la noche del 27 de enero, la ciudad empezó las celebraciones para el cumpleaños de José Martí. Nacido en…
Mia Marchant – Medellin: Never missing opportunities – February 2020
This is the year for new experiences and trying new things. Because of that, I have been saying yes more often and being more open to new ideas. So far this has already resorted in me doing my first paraglide and waterfall repelling. Paragliding above the Andes was a great…
