It was only when I arrived in northern Brittany that I realised how unprepared I really was
November 4, 2013
The past few weeks have undoubtedly been an enormous learning experience for me. After choosing to undertake a British Council Assistantship in Brittany, I spent the weeks before my arrival in France excited to be teaching English as a foreign language, especially as I hope to become a teacher in the future. On the ferry …
So far, so good
I think that when you ask people what do they think about travelling- most of them will say they love it. But when you travel and visit a country for a couple of hours, days, even a week, it is way different to when you live in that country for couple of months. Well, I …
Seville – everywhere you look there is something beautiful
When Karl Pilkington travels to India during ‘An Idiot Abroad’ he complains of neck ache because he is constantly turning around to look at all the different things going on around him. After the first couple of days in Seville I could definitely see where he was coming from. Everywhere you look there is something …
Adapting nicely to the French ways in Paris
Post written by Charlie Page My year abroad didn’t exactly get off to the best off starts when I arrived at the place where I would be living until April a month ahead of when my host family thought I should arrive! Safe to say that they were not best impressed with me being unable …
No need for butterflies in Niort, France
Post written by Rosemary Ash So here I am, over a month in to my experience as an English Language Teaching Assistant in the town of Niort in France. And I’ve got to say, it’s been great. After a long ferry crossing and couple of days meander down the French autoroute, the time finally came …
Malaysia – foodie heaven!
Time for a long-overdue update! As usual I’ve been very busy trying to get the work-life balance steady. This is no easy task when you have at least 2 modules that you barely understand, an ever looming design project and an entire country to distract you! It’s become standard to find myself in the computer …
Getting to know Hamburg: The City of Lakes and Lights
November 3, 2013
Post written by Charlotte Bernard I first came to Hamburg in the north of Germany for a day-trip in December three years ago, and the impression which stayed with me was one of the twinkling fairy-lights in the dark afternoon, the warm mugs of Glühwein, and the childish giddiness which the most wonderful time of the …
Dr Who and Sheldon speak French – who knew?
It was strange when I first moved in to my studio in Paris, with me knowing that it would be far removed from everything that I had thus far experienced at Nottingham. The scariest thing of all was that I knew I would not only have to live independently, but do so in a different …
Teaching English in Kyrgyzstan
October 31, 2013
Post by Amy Byron, (Russian with Serbian/Croatian – 2013 winner of the Partridge Scholarship) As a student of Russian studies, I am interested in the history of the former USSR and its republics. That is why this year I chose to spend my summer volunteering with NGO Erayim, teaching English in the beautiful setting of …
I was pleasantly surprised to see rows of palm trees and other exotic plants decorating the city
October 29, 2013
Post written by Jack Revell. I arrived in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, from Madrid on a scorching hot Saturday afternoon. The first things I noticed when stepping off the plane were the thickness of the air due to the humidity and the menacing looking fences encircling the city, which separate the autonomous …
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