Category: FDS
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Leaving my family at the airport seems almost a distant memory after just two weeks in Toronto. Traveling to a foreign city can be daunting, and I left feeling completely overwhelmed with emotions, scared, nervous, extremely excited and many, many more. Having never traveled alone before, and the fact that I did not have one…
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On the eve of my flight to Wuhan in China I ponder all manner of the obscure and amazing experiences I am about to partake in. Will I be run over by a 70 year old woman on an electric motor bike? Will I be tricked into buying pigeon instead of Chicken? Will I be…
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I never expected to fall in love with traveling so easily! This study trip to the countryside of Japan offered not only valuable knowledge that i can use in my study as well as future career, but also unforgettable memories and experiences with strangers who i can now proudly call friends. Saga University Summer Program…
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If you’re not a fan of meeting people from across the world, swimming in wide open lakes, exploring forests, living in a town rich with history- I’d recommend avoiding Uppsala. Otherwise, this is the place for you!
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I left for European borders 3 months ago and only yesterday arrived in my exchange city of Copenhagen. But I’ve been bless to have had the most incredible 3 months of travel, backpacking solo across Estonia, Latvia, Germany, France, England, Scotland and Ireland before landing in the big C.
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Switzerland was well worth the aching behind, having sat on an aeroplane for what felt like a day, I was thankful to be greeted with such a warm welcome. Upon arrival we had a man help my friend with directions on which bus to take to his student housing, and a warm welcome from my…
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1 month to go. The countdown has sadly begun. Yet as my study exchange comes to an end, I can look back and reflect on an amazing and incredible time in Denmark. Denmark. The home of the Vikings, where pork is life, black is the new black, biking is a way of life (snow, rain, hail, sleet: who cares), the wind is…
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Reaching my last few days in Hong Kong, as cliché as it is to say that my exchange program was a life-changing experience, it was so much more than words can describe. Ever since my first semester at UTS, I’ve always been interested in going on exchange but was held back by my many fears such as…
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Baxter Atkins (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) It’s been several months here in Rotterdam and I am loving just about everything there is. The Dutch people seem to have life figured out and pretty great, from the canals to the clogs to the endless cheese shops it’s everything I could have asked for. Especially now as the…
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Dublin. A city with a bit of everything for everyone. I have spent an incredible 4 months exploring the good, the bad and the ugly of Dublin (and the rest of Ireland) while studying here at Dublin City University. I came to Ireland looking for the country out of ‘P.S. I Love You‘ and ‘Leap…
