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How to survive during your Erasmus with Linguago
If you obtained an Erasmus scholarship and you have the possibility to continue your studies abroad and to live an amazing experience that probably will change your life. Are you excited? Yes! And scared to death too. Well, don’t worry, it's normal to be scared before...
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ARKADIA MALL
Statistics shows that Arkadia Mall is one of the largest malls in Central Europe. From personal experience this mall is actually big. It has a wide variety of shops, the likes of Zara, H&M, Michael Kors, Wittchen, Saturn, Carrefour, Sinsay, Pull and Bear and many...
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What I Discovered by Teaching in Zhengzhou
A Once in a Lifetime Travel Experience Never did I think I would learn so much about China by teaching there for one year. But I did, and then some. In the short 8 months I was there I would travel from Zhengzhou, which is in Henan province, on week-ends excursions to...
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Andalucía
From my point of view Andalucía is the best region in Spain! First of all it is -cheap (perfect for students) -super-friendly local people that will talk with you as a brother and increase your spanish skills -awesome weather (always keeps your mind positive) - ideal...
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A Tour of the City with The University of Lyon
A Tour of Lyon Saturday 8th September 2012 Saturday was a bit like Friday in that I had to get up early and walk around a lot in the sun. Once again I was like a tourist with my photo equipment and a T-shirt which says 'I Love New York', even though I have never even...
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Introduction
I realise this is i student's service; I am not - I became member as I am looking for a holiday accomdation (2017) and found some interesting alternatives here. Summers is often a time when students do not use their flats or rooms so maybe that can be a win-win. However...
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Country of Middle Earth
My German friend at whose place we had been staying in the beginning and around Christmas time, had a very beautiful present for me. Actually, she said it was because I had been taking care of her horse for 2 and a half years and she would owe me something. But for me...
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Work, Christmas and New Years Eve
Finally, the luck seems to have found back to us. We found work as dishwashers in the beach restaurant Frontroom in Waikanae. Each of us has four days of 5-8 hours, but it is enough to earn money. Apart from that, we always get the days of colleagues that are not...
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Not everything is fun
Not everything is fun. We noticed that around November. We started to look for work in Rotorua as we wanted to meet with a friend in that region for Christmas and therefore wanted to stay longer. That didn’t work out as we thought. One thing was that I fell ill –...
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The far north of New Zeland
After having said goodbye to our very nice wwoofing hosts, we headed to the far north of the northern island. For that, we had to go back the windy roads to get to the main road and then take the road to the north. There are two roads: a normal highway: which means a...
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Polish Culture
Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, Firstly, I wanna introduce myself to you. For those of you who don't know me, My name is Halil Ibrahim AVCI. I`m studying at Mechanical Engineering Department. Besides these I joined the Erasmus program last year. I was in Poland....
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Wwoofing in Hokianga Bay
I am going to tell you about my first wwoofing experience. I had registered on the Wwoofing Site a long time ago and had sent many applications. I was open to everything and I also had many references regarding work with animals and kids, so I thought it would be easy...
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Working in New Zealand
How to find a job in NZ We had thought it would be really easy to find a job in New Zealand, we had heard so many stories about people making a lot of money on farms or by chance meeting super nice people, who would them offer work. It is not as easy as it seems....
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6 reasons that prove that Erasmus isn't simple lot's of partying and little studying
OK, I've been here before, and this time I want to talk to you about the argument that your parents make all the time regarding Erasmus, when you talk to them by message or Skype, when you're describing your new experiences: "Try and also concentrate on your studies!...
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The worst things that can happen to you on an Erasmus exchange
Listen up, my dear reader. I'm on this site writing this article about... well, about what it says in the title, basically. Do you want to have a laugh? Some of the following situations happened either to me or to someone I know, whilst others are from common sense or...
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Quitting coffee?
So I want to do a small experiment and stop drinking coffee for a while. I have no idea for who long, we'll just see how this develops on the way. Why am I doing this? To have more room and time for alcohol! Actually, I don't have a strong reason or motivation for...
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Comparison of the Erasmus life of Mundus vs Sciences without borders
Aaaah.... what good times with Sciences without Borders (SwB)! It was a year full of new experiences (friendships, knowledge, culture, languages, places, etc). Only the people who've experienced this will know! (CsFs em Vigo) And as much as I missed home, it hurt a bit...
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A few words about travelling by air
I've already said in my previous posts that to travel by bus is the cheapest way to travel from one city to another in Europe, and this time I'm gonna talk a little about flights. Although flights are more expensive than buses, I often find them to be cheaper than...
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Awful BlaBlaCar Experience
Source When it comes to intercity transport, I can't forget my experience with BlaBlaCar. Yes, BlaBlaCar may look good because it provides car rides that save time and money. However, BlaBlaCar drivers are not always reliable and you may end up wasting your time on...
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Continue to write about cheap hotels
In my last post, I said that you'd better read some online reviews before making a reservation at a hostel. This also applies to all hotel reservations. Although hotel rooms are often more comfortable than dormitory rooms, the services cheap hotels provide are not...
0 0 , 8 years ago