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How to Tackle Homesickness on your Year Abroad🏡
By Isabelle Lydon, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest It is inevitable that at some point into your year abroad you will experience some form of homesickness. Some of us may experience it more than others depending on how far away from home we are, but I think we all experience it one way or another. Feeling any type of homesickness is perfectly okay. Living in a new country alone is a really daunting experience, especially a non-English speaking country, because you are thrown completely out of your comfort zone. I think we all deserve a pat on the back for how courageous we have been this year (or semester). Whilst I…
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Challenges of Homesickness, by an English living in America
By Megan Bateman, Indiana University Bloomington, USA At the current time of writing, I am exactly 2 and a half months into my year abroad in the USA. I can say it has absolutely flown by, which is why I have only just found the time to write my first blog post on Manchester On The Road! Whilst I have already experienced many different things here like my first American football game (separate blog post coming for that!), American culture and nightlife, there have been times when I have found myself really missing Manchester.
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Homesickness when you thought you were sick of home
‘Cause sometimes it takes moving to the other side of planet Earth to really appreciate what you have.
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The Exchanger life: midterms, recess week, panic and Fun!
By Chloe Coradetti, Mechanical Engineering, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Hellooo Manchester, In this post I’m going to talk about the mid terms examination, my recess week holiday and life on campus in general. Midterms – Mid September Where to begin… Stressful for sure, especially that we do not have them in Manchester and therefore I didn’t know what to expect. Challenging, because as they count for only 10% to 20% of our final grade, the teachers take them as an opportunity to really test our problem solving skills by giving us impossible exercises… literally.
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