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‘Scuse my french
October 16, 2013
Post written by Georgie Suttie My first impression of France is that nothing is straightforward. No internet until you have a bank card, no bank card until you have money, no money until you get paid. And forms galore. Having spent the summer in Spain, this experience will be somewhat different. In comparison to Valencia, …
Impressions and improvements
Post by Hannah Sheehan Hot, loud and full of life. When I arrived in Madrid on the 30th August I instantly thought where am I? I couldn’t quite believe that this big city was going to be my home for the next 6 months. I live in a small town in the South-east of England …
My intial impressions of the Algarve have already completely changed
October 13, 2013
Post written by Sophie Gorvett It was my first time to Portugal and I didn’t quite know what to expect. Having organised my work experience in the Algarve I was quite nervous about turning up and it would be a British haven in the south of Portugal but so far I have been pleasantly surprised. …
Life in Bordeaux…I’ve never felt more popular in my life
What a busy three weeks it has been; finally I am able to sit down with a cup of tea and say a little ‘bonjour’ from Bordeaux. I hope that everyone is doing well. It’s amazing here. I’d love to say that all the clichés and stereotypes about French people are wrong, but I can’t… …
La Palma, a mysterious island where the bananas grow
October 9, 2013
Twenty minutes after taking off in Tenerife, I got the first glimpse of la isla bonita La Palma, where I would be spending the next four months. I saw a mysterious dark island consisting of black volcanic rocks, banana plantations and white clouds covering the mountains as the plane landed. The first drive around the …
First impressions of Lisbon
October 8, 2013
Post by Sidi El Alami Hot, loud and vibrant. Arriving in the Bairro Alto district of Lisbon on Friday the 20th of September proved instantly a shock to the system. I had gone from the quiet, middle-class suburbia of the south-east of England to a Portuguese culture hotspot. Many tourists from around the world were …
Settling in to Chambéry
October 6, 2013
Post by Bethan Roberts, French and Beginners’ Spanish English Language Assistant (British Council) in Chambéry, France Bonjour from Chambéry! I have been here for two and a half weeks now, and start my role as a Language Assistant next week. It has been a busy few weeks, with lots of paperwork and meetings and forms …
Lisbon – focusing on what needs focusing on
September 24, 2013
Post written by Sidi El Alami Hot, loud and vibrant. Arriving in the Bairro Alto district of Lisbon on Friday the 20th of September proved instantly a shock to the system. I had gone from the quiet, middle-class suburbia of the south-east of England to a Portuguese culture hotspot. Many tourists from around the world …
Tapas in the staffroom
October 25, 2012
Having coaxed our first words of Spanish from us only 2 years ago, the university has thrown me and my course mates to sink or swim into the big ponds of Spain and Latin America. The year abroad team call it “A big adventure,” but I’ve been feeling a bit more apprehensive and, risking sounding …
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