What you need to know about Bologna -part 2

If you are about to do your Erasmus exchange in Bologna you are probably wondering “What makes Bologna so great? What is there to do?”-I’m going to tell you what: it’s only the best place in the world to do you’re Erasmus! It is a place that combines art and food, and culture with fun, […]

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A Short but Sweet Trip to Madrid

After exploring some of the provinces in Andalucía I thought it was time to travel up north, so naturally the capital city of Madrid was first on my list. I organised the trip with a friend to visit our other friends who were either staying in Madrid for the year or who had travelled from […]

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To buy or not to buy: that is the question

I wasted a lot of my time contemplating whether to buy certain things when I was on my year abroad, some of which weren’t great investments. However, here is a brief list of what I think was worth my money and what wasn’t.   Printer So at the time I thought this was a great […]

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And so the countdown begins…

Hi! My name’s Taggy and I’ll be spending my Junior Honours year studying English Literature and History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. As I write this, I’m beginning to regret leaving myself less than a week to sort out my belongings. Amid the craziness, I thought I’d talk about everything that needs to be done […]

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Didn’t get accomodation? Don’t panic!

Hey guys! I understand that this year HKU has not been very generous with their university accommodation allocations. A lot of people have been messaging me, panicking, saying that they did not sign up for this. I get it! But there is no reason to panic, and let me tell you why 🙂 Firstly, be […]

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Travelling in Italy

I realize I haven’t been a very good blogger lately. The main function on this travel blog was to share my experiences and thoughts (if I’m capable of them) during my travels… and I have been neglecting that. Truth be told it is only this year that I started traveling around Italy and started to […]

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So what the hell happens now?

This was a recent headline from The Daily Mirror and while it sums up the majority of the British populations political thoughts in the last two weeks, it also perfectly describes how I feel personally upon my return to Scotland. After many sad farewells, I had to say goodbye and thank you to Sydney. Goodbye […]

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Visa and Money Matters: starting a year abroad

Bad news first: for the second time in my life I will miss a knockout game of a big football event (2008, Netherlands vs Russia, broken ankle, night in hospital – never again) as I spend 24 hours sat on a plane, travelling diagonally across the largest continent on earth.    Vienna – Amsterdam – Singapore […]

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