European Placements

Andalusian Adventures

Posted on 17 October 2016 by Chloe Walker

    So this week began with a Monday spent perusing the shops with Helena and then meeting Maria for a tandem in the most beautiful park just behind our […]

TRIP TO PORTAVENTURA AND TARRAGONA

Posted on 15 October 2016 by Simona Dundova

I think last weekend was one that I will remember for the rest of my life! I went on a trip to one of the biggest amusement parks in Europe […]

Last Few Weeks Update

Posted on 11 October 2016 by Llewelyn

I seem to have left a large gap between this and my last post so I thought I'd take the opportunity to say how I'm doing after just over a […]

M.I.A.

Posted on 10 October 2016 by Izzie

Mes excuses, mes amis, for being away yet again and potentially another long post on what I’ve been up to over the last couple of weeks, BUT as I like […]

Dinner Parties, Eyebrows and Sagunto

Posted on 10 October 2016 by Chloe Walker

This week has been quite a busy one, involving various excursions and other lovely days with friends. So on Tuesday, we held our first dinner party at the flat. I […]

A DAY AT THE OCEANOGRAFIC

Posted on 5 October 2016 by Simona Dundova

Last week I visited the place I had been dreaming to go into since I first saw pictures of Valencia - one of the biggest and most astonishing aquariums in […]

Taking it easy

Posted on 3 October 2016 by Chloe Walker

This week has been quite different to the last. Having acquired a nice little cough and cold I have taken it easy this week. I really feel like I am here […]

Football, Kettles and Bridget Jones

Posted on 26 September 2016 by Chloe Walker

  This week has been a good one, which was prompted by my exciting purchase early on in the week of dun dun dun: a KETTLE. I mean it doesn't […]

#notatourist

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Izzie

  Salut! Did you miss me? The last few weeks have been almost non-stop. So I now face the task of trying to sum them up in a concise and […]

Sun, Sea and Schedules

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Chloe Walker

Today marks two weeks since my arrival in Valencia and I am only just getting around to writing this blog post. Valencia is a beautiful city of glorious sunshine, which […]

Working All Hours

Posted on 15 September 2016 by Llewelyn

I'm currently coming to the end of my first two weeks of work here in Barcelona, so I thought it'd be a good time to share how it's all been […]

Campus, Timetables and Lectures in Nantes

Posted on 14 September 2016 by Susannah Hadden

Having been in Nantes for almost two weeks prior to the start of lectures, I was really excited for them to begin, but as Monday grew closer I started to […]

Tour Around Valencia, Tapas Evening and First Lectures

Posted on 13 September 2016 by Simona Dundova

As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a lot of activities organised for Erasmus students here in Valencia. One of the many organisations that deal with this is […]

Adapting to life in Nantes

Posted on 10 September 2016 by Susannah Hadden

I moved to Nantes a little over a week ago now and it's slowly starting to feel more like home, a foreign, temporary home, but home all the same. Without […]

ARRIVAL TO VALENCIA AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Posted on 8 September 2016 by Simona Dundova

No words can ever describe the excitement I felt in the last few days before heading off to Spain. Visiting this beautiful country has been my dream since I was […]

First Impressions

Posted on 4 September 2016 by Llewelyn

So I finally got to Barcelona Friday evening, after a long, long train ride all the way from home, but now I'm all settled in, I thought I'd update you […]

Packing Up Is Hard To Do

Posted on 1 September 2016 by Llewelyn

So the big day's just around the corner. In a few hours, I'll be standing on the platform of Reading Station waiting for the first of three trains to arrive […]

TRYING TO BE CALM AND ORGANISED

Posted on 28 August 2016 by Izzie

DAY 0 I like to think that I am fairly organised person and almost go nowhere without my post-it notes and checklists. However, if there is one thing I will […]

ON MY WAY.

Posted on 24 August 2016 by Izzie

So I'm finally embarking on something that I've always wanted to do! I'm gonna be living in Paris for a whole year... Well for the "location police" 40 minutes outside […]

THAT Tab article, and the point of a year abroad

Posted on 25 October 2015 by Joe Healy

What is the point of a year abroad? Well, Durham’s editor of The Tab, despite presumably never having been on one himself, has his own ideas, as some of you […]