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Carlotta's last blog

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  This is it. My last blog post. It’s crazy to think that my year abroad is already coming to an end. I’m sure this year has changed me a lot, even though I don’t feel that different as of now. But probably when I’m home my friends and family will see how much I…
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Restrictions lift and exploring returns

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The last two months were very eventful and exciting months.   At the beginning of March, the country was still in lockdown and I had online lessons. But then we got the news that schools would open again on the 8th March. This meant we had to pick up saliva covid tests before we could…
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2 months in lockdown...

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  Two months lockdown. I arrived on the 3 January again in England after I had spent Christmas at home in Germany. This meant quarantine. I was really not looking forward to it but in the end it wasn’t that bad after all. Because of lockdown I had online lessons and didn’t miss any school…
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Home for the holidays!

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  Happy New Year everybody!!!   December went by really fast and not a lot happened. My first term was about to end and I had a few tests and assignments. Me and my host sister still enjoy our daily walks and exploring new places. We also did a big puzzle which took us a…
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Embracing the English Cuisine

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Welcome back to my second blog entry. A whole month has already passed again. It’s crazy how fast the time goes here! During half term my parents came for a few days. It was really nice to see them and show them everything. On their first day I showed them my college and Southampton. For…
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Settling into Southampton

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Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Carlotta, I am 16 years old and I am going to live in Southampton, England for one year. Because of Covid, everything is a little bit different this year. I was supposed to go to Canada but Canada didn’t open its borders and then one week…
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