Europe
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Life After Prague
by Elizabeth Ahronson, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic It is hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since I came back from studying abroad in Prague, which has been the best experience of my life to date. Returning home in late June when Prague was thriving with sun and tourists was bittersweet. Whilst I was excited to be close to my family again (and of course cuddle my cats), eat all the foods I missed, and eventually move back to my student house in Manchester, leaving the content, exciting life I had built whilst on my year abroad was very difficult. There may have been tears in my…
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By Georgia Reid, Università Bocconi, Italy Despite Italian cuisine being one of the best in the world, there are a lot of restaurants that are tourist traps, selling average meals. So, I have made a list of my favourite places to eat in Milan!
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Solo Travelling in the Balkans:
By Louis Hazeldine-Cosgrove (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary.) The Balkans is an infamous area of Eastern Europe, where there is not universal definition on what it consists of. But it is widely known as the belt of post-Yugoslavian and newly established countries: like Serbia, North Macedonia, Kosovo and so on. Many of which who belong to the ‘balkans’ hold negative connotations. Where war, ethnic instability and political turmoil overshadow the beauty of many of these countries.
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From Roaming Rome to Sicilian Serenity: Ranking My First Semester’s Travels
By Georgia Reid, Università Bocconi, Italy During my first semester in Milan, the hot weather and cheap public transport meant that I developed a serious case of the travel bug. So, I have rated and ranked my favourite places to travel to in Italy to help you decide where to travel to.
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Tips for a stress free year abroad
By Txell Borràs, Università Bocconi, Italy, Milano. Uncertainty when entering a new university in a new country, is intimidating and a big factor that can condition your experience during a year abroad. It should be a fun and unforgettable experience, free of worries or stress, to look back at with excitement and nostalgia, so you should not let poor management of your time and exams get in the way of that. Here are some tips for you that I would have loved to hear about before starting my Bocconi experience.
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Living in an “Exchange Student” Accommodation
By Georgia Reid, Università Bocconi, Italy Bocconi only provides one student accommodation for its exchange students, a large apartment complex called Aparto Giovenale. I was extremely lucky to secure a place there, however, once I arrived it was obvious why so many people struggled to get a place there.
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A Tourist’s Guide to Milan
By Georgia Reid, Università Bocconi, Italy Despite being considered one of the fashion capitals of the world, Milan itself is not a very big city. Therefore, I have curated a list of the must-see things in Milano to help with your trip.
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Where to take your friends in Helsinki – impressing 101
By Chloé Bolton, University of Helsinki, Finland Now I love Helsinki, I find the lifestyle amazing and the university has everything you need. But as a tourist and with visitors I found myself a little stuck the first time I had someone come over – it’s quite small and not the most tourist attractive destination. This being said, over the past six months I’ve curated a little bucket list of the sights, places and activities your friends or family would probably want to do.
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Rekindling the City Spark: A Guide to Returning to Dam After the Christmas Break
By Hannah Castenskiold, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands After spending nearly six months travelling away from home, I finally returned back home for the Christmas holidays, gleefully met by family, friends and more importantly, my dog. It was a precious three weeks to relax, rest and catch up with everyone, following one of my most memorable and adventurous years so far. Yet it made returning to Amsterdam feel almost daunting and I found myself unsure whether I had booked my plane back too early.
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Hygge – a cabin trip to Fitjar
By Talitha Hamshaw, University of Bergen, Norway A big part of Norwegian culture is cabin trips. Most Norwegian families will have at least one cabin which they rent out or visit at certain times of year. Luckily for me, my Norwegian friend Christina’s family own a cabin in her home town which is a couple of hours drive away from Bergen, so we planned a trip there for a couple of nights.
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My first hike in Bergen:
Georgiana Marinescu, University of Bergen, Norway This is one of those what not to do posts… unless you are experienced.
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My Welcome week in Bergen:
Georgiana Marinescu, University of Bergen, Norway If you are lucky enough to be accepted into the University of Bergen, you will not regret it; they make you feel at home right away. On the first day of the Welcome Week, all of the new exchange students gathered at the Law Faculty and we were given our wristbands for the week and put into groups. Our groups were supposed to be the people we would spend the rest of the week getting to know, and for me, some of the people in my group became my closest friends.
