{"id":356,"date":"2015-02-28T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T23:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=356"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:43:16","slug":"leaving-so-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/leaving-so-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving so soon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unlike those who have the luxury of spending an entire year putting down roots in one city, my semester in Lyon quickly came to a close. Just as I\u2019d started to become really quite comfortable with the city and the wonderful people I\u2019d met there, it was time to leave. Since I had really neglected to travel around the area enough and as a last little goodbye to the lovely Rh\u00f4ne-Alps region, I spent my final day exploring the little Roman town of Vienne.<\/p>\n

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Temple d’Auguste et de Livie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

H\u00f4tel de ville, Vienne<\/p>\n

\"Ruins:<\/a><\/figure>\n

(The ruins were pretty spectacular!)<\/p>\n

Reflecting a little bit on my five short months in France it was, as they always tell you, the kind of thing you really only get to experience once in a lifetime. Sure, I can always move to France in the future; I can always travel, see new places and meet new people. But Erasmus is a little bit special. You\u2019ll become surrounded by people all equally as excited to explore and have fun, and you actually have the time to do it all (because while you will have studies etc., you thankfully have only half what you\u2019d be doing back home).<\/p>\n

Obviously, there are negatives (homesickness, enrolment, FORMS) but they\u2019re easily forgotten. Leaving so soon was hard and everyone I got to know during the semester will be missed \u2013 I\u2019ll definitely be paying some visits and I\u2019ll be back to Lyon soon enough.<\/p>\n

But now, all I can do is wait for the next stage of my Erasmus year to begin. Warning to those intending to study in both France and Germany: your holidays are a bit earlier than expected. You\u2019ll finish in France in January and have nothing to do until the German semester starts back in April \u2013 so just about enough time to work out those pesky mobility forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlike those who have the luxury of spending an entire year putting down roots in one city, my semester in Lyon quickly came to a close. 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