{"id":6232,"date":"2025-11-21T10:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:41:53","slug":"meet-the-ambassador-rachel-earth-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/meet-the-ambassador-rachel-earth-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the ambassador – Rachel – EARTH, Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name<\/strong>: Rachel Kay
\nSchool, Degree Programme<\/strong>: EARTH – Environmental Geoscience with year of study abroad – year 4
\nHost destination:<\/strong> Stockholm, Sweden
\n
\nTell us about your global opportunity\u2014where did you go, and what did you do?
\n<\/strong>I went to Stockholm, Sweden, and enrolled in the School of Geological Sciences. My modules included Geochemistry, Submarine Geomorphology, Geology of Sweden, Sedimentary Systems, and Petrology.<\/p>\n

What surprised you the most about your host country\/programme\/time abroad?<\/strong>
\nHow much I enjoyed the winter, I like the cold and winter months, I expected it to be very extreme in Sweden and a bit of a challenge, with much shorter daylight hours and much colder winters, which was the case but I found it the most enjoyable time. The scenery was so pretty as there was heavy snow, but also there were so many activities, with winter sports, such as, skiing, cross country skiing and ice skating, there was also lots of opportunities for ice bathing and saunas. Experiencing this with new\u00a0 friends was such a rewarding experience as it was so different and exciting.<\/p>\n

What is the one thing you miss about your time abroad?<\/strong>
\nI miss the large international community and friends I made whilst abroad, I made friends form across the world who all had such different experiences and takes. It was an opportunity to experience so many new things with groups of such different people, it was just a super friendly enjoyable environment. I also do really miss the winters and heavy snow – and opportunity to see the Northern lights! But on the flip side I miss the long sunny days in summer and spring and the incredible lakes with the ability to explore Stockholm’s archipelago. (And I do also miss fika! – Swedish coffee and cinnamon buns)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s something you\u2019re passionate about outside of your studies?
\n<\/strong>I am super passionate about the outdoors, hiking and camping. At the weekends I love to go on hikes to the Brecon Beacons and take in all the pretty scenery!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite place on campus\/in Cardiff?<\/strong>
\nAlexandra Gardens<\/p>\n

If you could live anywhere in the world for a year (a dream destination), where would it be\u2014and why?<\/strong>
\nI would love to live in Canada I think – it has very strong seasons like Sweden, but much bigger mountains, and gives the opportunity for lots of skiing and hiking!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a fun fact most people don\u2019t know about you?<\/strong>
\nI’m born on Christmas day!<\/p>\n

Describe your global experience in three words:
\n<\/strong>Adventurous, Eye-opening, Rewarding<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to students considering a global opportunity?<\/strong>
\nTake every opportunity you can and try to speak to as many people as you can, try new activities, really take yourself outside of your comfort zone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Name: Rachel Kay School, Degree Programme: EARTH - Environmental Geoscience with year of study abroad - year 4 Host destination: Stockholm, Sweden Tell us about your global opportunity\u2014where did you […]","protected":false},"author":7101,"featured_media":6254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[268,475],"tags":[535],"class_list":["post-6232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-go-student-ambassadors","tag-go-ambassador-profile"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4QQbz-1Cw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6619,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/meet-the-exchange-ambassador-evan\/","url_meta":{"origin":6232,"position":0},"title":"Meet the Exchange Ambassador – Evan","author":"Global Opportunities Globetrotters","date":"August 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Name: Evan Stewart-Brown School and Degree Programme: EARTH \u2010 Physical Geography with a Year of Study Abroad Host University: Stockholm University Host Country: Sweden \u00a0 Tell us about why you chose to study abroad: I always intended to spend time abroad after seeing the opportunity whilst first applying to university\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "European Placements"","block_context":{"text":"European Placements","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/category\/europe\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2026\/08\/20260215_174125_Evan-Stewart-Brown-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4551,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/emily-rayner\/","url_meta":{"origin":6232,"position":1},"title":"Emily Rayner","author":"GO Student Ambassadors","date":"January 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"School of Healthcare Sciences Erasmus+ traineeship placement Where did you go? 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