Category: DAB
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One week to go and two random emotional breakdown later I now recognise the fact that I am leaving for exchange. When I started planning my exchange a year ago, the day I leave seemed to be a 100 years away. Now the day is approaching, now I actually have to pack my bags and now I actually have…
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If there’s any advice I can give to a future exchange student, it’s to arrive in your new city early – at least 2 weeks before the semester starts I’d say. Particularly if you plan to sort out accommodation on arrival!
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In the past two years, I have been away from home several times. I have travelled alone twice for a month, and another two times with friends. In total, I have been away from home for about 5 months. This time, however, before departing, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I was excited to explore the…
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Upon discovering earlier this year that I had been accepted into TU Berlin, I was absolutely thrilled by the prospect of returning to a city where I hold so many fond memories from two brief holidays; one being last year and one 3 years before that. I chose TU Berlin purely based on the short…
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If you want that Italian experience, come and stay a day where I live in Milan. Next door to me is a pizzeria, run by the affable, moustached old man named Mario. While neither of us can speak each other’s languages properly, we engage regularly in disjointed and funny half English, half Italian and mostly…
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Now only with a little more than a month left of my stay in Seoul, I thought I’d share the little wisdom I’ve gained while on exchange at Yonsei University.
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So, for all those out there wondering, should I go to berlin, Yes! However there are some catches to prepare for:
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Hello! I am writing this from my last weeks in Milan, and mostly, I am writing this directly to the person who is doubting where they should go, and whether they should go on exchange. You should go.
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Roy Lochhead- Student ID- 11655014 DAB I arrived in Stockholm early January… and it was cold as shit. The next day I caught a 4-hour bus to the domicile which would be my home-away-from-home for the next 6 months- Jönköping.
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The School of the Built Environment offers students numerous opportunities to travel overseas to learn about construction in other countries and to get their hands dirty! This July the school is engaged in two projects, led my lecturer Michael Er. From 5-11 July a group of 31 students worked with two local NGO’s to learn…