Category: FDS
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How’s life in your host city? What’s the university like? Life in Aarhus is very different to life in Sydney. The biggest change is probably the weather. It’s pretty cold here and has been snowing regularly. The Danish concept of “Hygge” an untranslatable word meaning “cosiness” is not understood until in Denmark: warm…
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Living in Seoul has been a fascinating change of pace from life back home in the suburbs of South-West Sydney. It has been a culture shock in many facets of everyday life, from shops and streets being alive past midnight on a weekday, to smaller lifestyle quirks here, such as coffee shops being treated as…
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Counting down day after day, going to Austria all seemed like a dream to me. The idea of going to a complete foreign country for 6 months seemed quite daunting and didn’t really hit me until we actually arrived in Dornbirn— which involved a tiring 22 hour plane ride to Zurich, and another 2 hour…
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The first time I laid my eyes on Dornbirn in Austria, I felt a feeling you might not expect. It was cold, gloomy, quiet and dark. We had just landed in Zurich and took a painstakingly crowded 3-hour train ride with 2 pieces of luggage and a backpack while also trying to keep our sanity.…
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I’ve been in Eindhoven for 3 weeks now and have thoroughly enjoyed all that has happened so far. As expected everyone rides bikes and it’s awesome. The city is perfectly set up with bike lanes and racks so even those who aren’t the most experienced at riding can feel comfortable. Although coming from Australia,…
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Hello from Aarhus! I have been living in this wonderful city for the past few weeks and have been loving it. It is a small, beautiful and cosy town with great and friendly people. The colourful low rise buildings, cobblestone streets and monuments fit perfectly within the Scandinavian-city stereotype. Leaving the Australian summer to the…
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Hey I’m Chhaya I study bachelor of design in fashion and textiles and I’ve completed my semester abroad at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Spring 2017, and let me tell you exchange was one of the best decisions I have ever made! Hong Kong like I have said previously is a perfect blend of…
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What is an Aussie doing in Helsinki? So many people asked me why I ended up choosing Finland as my exchange destination, and after originally thinking that I wanted to go to the states for the classic college experience I opted to go to a completely different, remote, however stunningly beautiful part of the world:…
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Can’t believe half of the semester is gone!!! I have already stayed at Singapore for more than two months!! To be honest, I miss home, my family, my friends and my double bed a lot! However, I have gained a lot of different experiences when I am on exchange so far. And I’m loving it…
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Hello! It’s been over a month since my last post and I’ve gotten into a sense of routine I think. I attend uni three days a week, which gives me time to go out and explore a bit on the other four days. It’s nice but also I think it’s made me kind of lazy,…
