By Rachel Goodier (McGill University, Montréal, Canada). Unfortunately whenever people call or write they expect me to have some massively interesting anecdotes or experiences to share, and I currently find myself dealing with exam work for Manchester, settling into a workload I’d never even fathomed, and working out how to get to the shops without getting frostbite or falling on my ass. So far, it’s going well. I’m keeping pace (albeit at the sacrifice of much of a personal life) and have managed to fall in with the worlds awesome-est flatmates. McGill is BEAUTIFUL.  It’s like I finally got into Hogwarts and someone forgot to send me my wand. That…

By Rachel So (McGill University, Montréal, Canada). I’ve been in Montreal for a month now but it seems like time has just flown by! I feel like I’m slowly settling down now and am feeling more comfortable in my new home. It was difficult transitioning into a new environment at first because everything is so different, but once classes started, I managed to settle myself into a routine. In my last post, I mentioned that I didn’t think the cold was too bad. I was definitely mistaken! The temperature drops to -24 degrees sometimes, and if you include wind chill, it actually feels like -30 degrees! This kind of cold…

By Rachel So (McGill University, Montréal, Canada). The run up to studying abroad has been both exciting and stressful. There are plenty of things to organise and sort out before leaving. For me, getting rid of my room in Manchester has been extremely difficult. I needed to find someone who would be willing to rent out my room from January onwards but I was not able to find anyone for a long time. But after endless advertising on different websites, I found someone. Another challenge that I’ve faced is registering for classes at McGill. Their registering system is very different to the one in Manchester and it took some time…