As of late, I’ve found that I’m beginning to notice less the stark differences between here and home and rather, more embracing what is here […]
Blogs
Week Two Wrap-Up: Film Screenings and Freshers Flu and Flute-Playing
I decided that it was kind of boring if all my blog titles just always consisted of dates so I tried to jazz it up […]
Bring on Second Year
The first week of term has flown by already in an exhausting mix of 7am alarms for painfully early 8:30am lectures and evenings spent at […]
Year Abroad Blog – #20 Un Petit Peu de Réflexion
The fourteen-year-old Connor was probably secretly quite ignorant, as well as insecure, prudish, horribly narrow-minded and the size of an average moon. He was a […]
Week One Wrap-Up (September 13 – 19)
I’ve been in Exeter for a week now and while there have been ups and downs (and I don’t mean just the hills), I’d say […]
Starting Year Two
I had mixed feelings about coming back to Exeter. Although I didn’t want to leave my family, and the comfy house and home-made meals, I […]
Going abroad!
I am extremely excited to be coming to the University of Exeter from Canada on exchange. I’m originally from Toronto and I study at the […]
From application to internship, Africa to England and back again
When I touched down in the UK for the first time after a life in Sub-Saharan Africa, I had so many expectations and insecurities on […]
Adventures in Interrailing
It’s the week before Freshers’ and I’m all officially moved into my shared student house in Exeter. I’m the first one here and am currently […]
Passing on what little wisdom I have
In so many ways I’m glad I’m not a fresher anymore! I really hate awkward small talk and your first year is full of it. […]