Category: Switzerland
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I find myself now, back in Australia, thinking about and reflecting on my experience. At first, a few memorable moments come to mind; sitting by Lake Geneva, enjoying the sun with friends and food; enjoying the view from a cable car, as it slowly ascends a mountain; dipping my feet into an icy lake, well…
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With only one month left in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, I’m starting to take into stock all of the things I’ll miss when I leave this strange, wonderful city. The first thing I’ll miss will be Switzerland’s natural beauty. Of course Australia is also breathtaking in its own outback, dusty way, but it’s a…
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I have been in Zurich now for over 3 months and can safely say I have loved every moment! The experience has been eye-opening and refreshing in a number of ways (the tap water is insanely fresh snow melt from the mountains!) and will definitely influence my imminent life decisions going forward. When I…
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After two and a half weeks in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, I have been able to test out some commonly-held beliefs about this country, Mythbusters-style: Switzerland is unbearably cold: FALSE I arrived in Switzerland expecting coldness akin to nothing I had experienced in my life, living in the warm Land down under. While…
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One week from now, I’ll be on my twenty-something hour flight to Geneva, the first step on my journey to Bern, Switzerland. Unbeknownst to most people (or at least most of my friends), Bern is the gorgeous capital of Switzerland. It is at Bern University that I will be undertaking a semester of study. Incredibly…
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Exchange was a last minute decision for me. I put my initial application in without much thought and it has turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made so far. I wanted to be in a city where I knew no-one and knew nothing about it and in Zurich I got…
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I must admit, coming into my semester abroad in Zurich, my main goal for my time was not to study; it was to travel, to see as much of Europe as possible. That is not to say that university life has been uninteresting, or even irrelevant – on the contrary, studying the law of Switzerland and the EU…
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Living in Zürich, Switzerland has been a “life changing” experience (the cliché is real). Zürich IS AN UNREAL CITY. There is something to do in every little corner. It has 300,000 population and it is so chill. IT IS ALSO SO BEAUTIFUL. I could never get tired of going to the lake or sun baking…
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Grüezi from Switzerland! I have been studying law subjects at the University of Zurich for two months, and it still feels surreal being on exchange. If I glance outside my bedroom window there is a farm. Across the road, there is a lake for swimming. It feels incredible to live in a country with such picturesque landscapes.…
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It is so troubling to see time fly as fast as it has. It seemed like just yesterday I was clutching onto my brand new Kikki K. travel wallet, flying into Europe for the first time and waiting for the fact that I would be going on exchange for six months (a goal of mine…
