Okay okay so I have not written a blog since February, but I guess that should tell you how much fun I’ve been having. Plus some extra time for the necessary procrastination of course. So, Let’s get into the fun stuff. First off, If you love travelling, exchange is the place for you! Furthermore, if […]
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Bonjour! As you may have gathered from my last post, I have just finished the second part of my year abroad – a six-month work placement in Paris, France! I worked as a Trainee Translation Assistant at l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris, the Tourist Information Centre. It was a varied and (mostly) interesting line […]
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It’s been a minute (or six months), but here I am, finally, writing about being on placement in Paris. Except that will have to wait a week or so. First, I want to talk about feelings. One thing we often hear from languages students past is how their Erasmus year was “the best year of […]
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These are just a few points I’ve had floating around when reflecting on my time in Melbourne and how doing a placement in Australia has changed my perspective of Australia. It’s not always hot. This is heavily dependent on what part of Australia you are visiting or living in. But if you are on the […]
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So last weekend I hit the road with some travel buddies in a rental car embarking on the must see, Great Ocean Road of Victoria which lies just out of Melbourne. We left mid-morning on Friday with some sunshine on our side. The great ocean road is a 161 mile stretch of land starting off […]
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Flying to Australia isn’t the quickest of air-plane journeys. But the positives of a placement in Australia definitely outweigh the long journey time to Australia 1000:1. I’ve actually done the trip both to and from Australia already. So I know a thing or two about how to get through the long haul flight. The good […]
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