Our Student Bloggers

All Alessandra P (Italy) Armin O (Czech Republic) Asako Y (Japan) Beatriz L (Brazil) Carlotta M (Germany) Chika I (Japan) Clara M (Spain) Daria Y (Russia) Dmitriy K. (Ukraine) Fernanda O (Brazil) Gloria H (China) Henrike S (Germany) Juraj C (Slovakia) Kim B (Germany) Klara B (Germany) Klara O (Czech Republic) Kristine T (Norway) Luma R (Brazil) Maria C (Italy) Maria M (Spain) Niccolo F (Italy) Paula J (Germany) Romy W (Germany) Sina F (Germany) Sina R (Germany) Sofia A (Brazil) Victoria L (China) Yiran L. (China)

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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2020/21 Carlotta M. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Henrike arrives in Ireland...

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Hi, my name is Henrike, I am 16 years old and from Germany. On 22nd August 2020, I left my home country to spent one whole school year in Ireland. I always loved travelling to foreign countries, getting to know new people and learning things about different cultures and traditions. Furthermore, I wanted to improve…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad

September starts and school begins!

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With the beginning of September, I left the DCU and met my host family. They live in Dalkey which is in the south of Dublin and a lovely area to live. There are some pretty shops, a harbour from where you can see Dalkey Island and, if you are lucky, you can see a couple…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad

Exploring Dublin with friends

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At the weekends, I often meet some of the other exchange students I am friends with and who I got to know at the quarantine camp. We talk about the things that happened during the last weeks and about our experiences with getting new friends which is kind of difficult at the beginning because people…
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2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Meet Klara from Germany!

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Hey, my name is Klara! I am 16 years old and from Germany. I live with my parents and my older brother, he is 18 years old, in Hanover. In my spare time I like to play Field hockey and clarinet or just meet my friends. My brother did his year abroad two years ago…
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2020/21 Klara B. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad UK UK High School Uncategorised

Sightseeing in Germany...

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Hello! This is Asako’s 7th blog!   Finally! I visited my friend in Germany for half term break. I really enjoyed my time with her, and we did a lot of different things like sight-seeing, shopping, meeting her friends and we also did a lot of sports. One day for example, we went to a…
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2019/20 Asako Y. (Japan) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Sharing cultures and celebrations!

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Hello this is Asako’s 6th blog!! I had a lot of fun activities in this month. We celebrated Chinese New Year:) In Japan, we don’t  use the lunar calendar, so we don’t usually celebrate Chinese New Year, but since there are many Chinese students in the boarding house, we had a big celebration and I…
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2019/20 Asako Y. (Japan) Blog Blogger Boarding Schools High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Amusement parks and Museums!

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Wow, January has actually never been so fast! We are almost halfway through February already, and do you know what that means? The mid-term break is right around the corner! I have so many exciting plans for the mid-term, I honestly can’t wait. So, for the first weekend my sister and her boyfriend are coming…
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2019/20 Kristine T. (Norway) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Back home for the holidays

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Happy New Year!! This is my 5th blog. I went back to Japan to celebrate new year with my family.  I did a lot of things there, but before I talk about that, I will talk about the Christmas ball… We had our Christmas ball on 10th of December. At the Christmas ball, we took…
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2019/20 Asako Y. (Japan) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Getting into the Christmas spirit...

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  Hello everybody and happy new year! December went by so fast, and a new year has started! But, let’s talk a little bit about December. Personally, I love Christmas, so on the first of December I decorated my room, and it turned out really nice! Unfortunately, December is a month with a lot of…
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2019/20 Kristine T. (Norway) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad