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Meet Maria from Italy...

Hello everyone! My name is Maria, and as the sound of it suggests, I’m from Italy, that lovely and picturesque country that both foreigners and Italians, recognize in the unique shape of a boot. Well, I know I am a bit biased, but I think it’s a wonderful place where to live, however sometimes the…

2021/21 Maria C. (Italy) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK Uncategorised

Catch up with Klara!

Hey and welcome to my third blog! In the last three months a lot had happen in the UK and therefore within my exchange year here in Brighton as well. But let me start with December. In December my friends and I went a lot Christmas shopping together. We all had to send some…

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

Christmas at DCU

Hello and welcome back to my first blog in 2021. I cannot believe that it is already March. The last months went by so quickly, especially after New Year’s Eve. I spent Christmas and New Year’s Eve at the DCU Christmas Camp with all the other exchange students who could not and did not want…

2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

2 months in lockdown...

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…

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

Home for the holidays!

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…

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

The run up to Christmas

Hey and welcome back to my blog! The last 2 months went by pretty quickly and I was very busy with school work and meeting friends. With the end of October and with the start of our midterm-break, we started to go back to a Lockdown which means that we were not allowed to go…

2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Getting into the Christmas Spirit...

Hi and welcome back to my blog! I cannot believe that I am almost for three months in England. The time is just amazing! At the beginning from my second months I had my half term holidays. In these days I visited my best friend in Southampton for one day and met my friends here…

2020/21 Klara B. (Germany) Blog Blogger Guardianship High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Embracing the English Cuisine...

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…

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

Settling into Southampton

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…

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

Exploring Dublin with friends

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…

2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger School Year Abroad Study Abroad

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