Arrival – manchester: on the road

MITACS Chapter 1: Arrival and settling in

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 evafr21Leave a comment

By: Eva Kristinova (University of Regina, Canada, Mitacs Research Internship Scheme 21-22)

For those of you who have been following my study abroad journey in France, it might be a little confusing to start reading about yet another trip without a proper closing. Two quick things on that: 1. saying goodbye is always difficult, and so I have been kind of avoiding it, even having left Toulouse behind; 2. who says it’s over?! Oh no, I am not done with France yet!

So yes, I hope that inadequate explanation provided at least some closure. Moving on…

University of Regina (south-west entrance)

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Toulouse à Grande Vitesse… or not.

September 15, 2021 evafr21Leave a comment

By Eva Kristinova, (Sciences Po Toulouse, France)

Hello everyone and welcome to my year-long study exchange journey in Toulouse! We will start off with the good news so far: I’ve arrived.

And I’m afraid that’s where it ends. To be fair I am somewhat to blame for all I’m about to tell you, but I hope that after reading this, you will admit that no amount of extra preparation could have helped. So let’s dive into my voyage from Brussels to Toulouse… oh, did I mention it was all by train? Well, now you know (and those of you familiar with the French TGV probably guessed as much from the title).

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Moving to Melbourne

August 19, 2019August 21, 2020 LaurenHowie1 Comment

By Lauren Howie, The University of Melbourne

Time has soared by since I first set foot in Melbourne. Now 8 weeks into the Aussie dream (and loving every second of it) I’ve put together 5 life hacks that made settling into this fantastic city a lot less daunting!