Category: FEIT
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Arriving in Seoul Korea 21st of August 2019. Sydney Airport. International Departures. I knew it was going to be difficult. It was daunting to embark on a journey which I knew was going to be the most challenging period of my life. Going on exchange would be the first time I would be living away…
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Having spent less than a week in Denmark, it’s impossible to properly describe Danmarks Tekniske Universit (DTU) or give justice to Copenhagen as the diverse city that it is. I’m sure I’ll look back at this post in a month or so with plenty of asterixis and caveats to add. I’ll start with the basics;…
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So my name is Abhijeet Parge and I’m currently an student exchange for Spring 2019 at IE University in Madrid, Spain. So far, I’ve backpacked Europe for about a month, covering 12 countries in 7 different countries! I settled in to my student accommodation in Madrid about a week ago, however, the place is still…
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Multicultural, cheap food, great night life and close to home- what more do you want? Nanyang Technological University lies in the very west of the bustling city of Singapore. Whilst it is over an hour away from the city via public transport (20-30 minutes by Grab/Uber), the university is its own city with multiple restaurants,…
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An efficient yet bureaucratic society Japan, I believe is a country of juxtaposition. Beautiful, traditional geishas alongside self-conscious, constantly adjusting their hair youths. Innovators in technology yet cash is more widely used when paying and everything you do has a physical form to fill out. The magnificent trees, mountains, flowers galore abruptly disrupted by concrete…
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It is now my third week in Uppsala, Sweden and I still can’t believe I’m really here. I am living in Flogsta, famous for the “Flogsta Scream” which happens every night at 10pm and is used as a way to deal with the stress of university life. I share a corridor with 11 other students,…
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In the middle of the city where “east meets west” and the skyscrapers meet the picturesque coastline, my exchange is well underway in Hong Kong. As you might be aware, this also happens to be the city where Chinese police are currently “meeting” regularly with local Hong Kong protestors. It’s a potentially pivotal (and slightly…
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Copenhagen, Denmark. When this city and country first came to mind, what were your thoughts? The age of Vikings? The welfare state the Scandinavian countries have become known for? Or perhaps the statistic that Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world? All these values have been reflected in the city of Copenhagen…
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Hej (pronounced like “hi” in English) from Copenhagen! I’ve been in this city for just under two weeks and it’s already a place I could easily see myself calling home for the next four months. Having already done some travelling around Europe for the first half of August (mainly France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands),…
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The past month has been crazy in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. It felt unreal that I was going to spend the next 4 months away from home. That was until I met a wall of 35-degree heat and humidity stepping out of the airport in Hong Kong. Even in the smothering humidity of Hong Kong…
