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    What to do in a small town?

    What on earth is there to do in such a small town such as Hofn? I was quite worried about this before I arrived. I knew it would be different - trying to find things to do and to meet people. There wouldn't be the usual city things to keep me entertained and not as many...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    A Taste of Iceland

    So this isn't exactly a taste from my home, but it certainly is a taste from Icelandic... which is my home at the moment. A couple weeks ago my boyfriend and I went out to a local farm and bought some lamb shoulder blade chops. We smothered them in fresh herbs (thyme...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    How to reach Antwerp?

    Despite Antwerp has its own airport, it's not operated by that many public companies: I think it has only flights coming from a few places from the UK, such as Manchester, Liverpool and somewhere else, only operated by ThomasCook, if I'm not wrong... so, unless you're...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Going Herb Crazy

    I have been in Hofn for a month now and while I'd like to fill you in on all of the happenings in the past month, I think I'll just dive right into the here and now. I might jump back every now and again to my first weeks here but anyway... about today. Today was a...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    The First Step

      Coming from my home country, Morocco, to Poland was a very bold decision. Maybe, the bravest decision I have ever made in my life so far. Why? For two main reasons:   The first reason is the fact that I have never crossed the borders of my country before. In fact, I...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    A quick visit to England

    Being back in Blighty was so exciting that I didn’t even mind the freezing cold weather; it was just good to be back in familiar territory and I had a very exciting reason for being there. Next year I will be going to Canada with Scouts from all over the world for the...

    2 , 12 years ago
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    How not to deal with a very down day

    So we all know it will come eventually, a day where you just feel utterly rubbish. For me that day came on Monday, I can’t tell you why, although talking to my friends we decided that perhaps it was a comedown from my trip home and then to Portugal. But when I woke up...

    4 , 12 years ago
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    Embarking on a New Journey - City Girl in a Small Town

    I've just embarked on my first adventure after my Erasmus Mundus experience. About a month ago I moved to Höfn, Iceland! Never in my life did I ever imagine I would live in such a small and isolated community. I grew up in the suburbs and have always lived in highly...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Live your myth in Finland!

    The time is 22:00. The sun has not set yet. Where am I? I’m in Finland, the land of the “extremes” . The land of the extreme low winter temperatures where in the winter you get plenty of darkness and in the summer you get plenty of sun. The land of the educated...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Run, run, run... The medic won't come!

    Well, guess what happened today? I tried to go to the doctor. One of my legs hurts when I step on it. The pain is no so unbearable, but, still it is an issue, especially, when I have to walk a lot. And, moreover, in my mind a small problem should be fixed, because it...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Lectures and Dutch Songs

    Monday September 17 2012 My First Lecture Last Wednesday I had my first lecture of my 'full time' course in the Netherlands. I say 'full time' however all I have timetabled is a four hour lecture on a Wednesday morning. Still after the introduction to the lecture, I was...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Installment no. 2

    Friday, September 7, 2012 Again I am here thinking... 'where to start?!?!' It has been a crazy few days with barely a moment to sit and write to you, the readers of this blog.I am feeling the effects of it. I am achey and tired. When I arrived, and realised that my room...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    The First Day I spent in the Netherlands

    Monday, September 3, 2012 So here I sit at my computer at the end of my first full day in the Netherlands. I am in my spacious and slightly 70's feeling room, well fed (I had pasta for tea) and relaxed. It is hard to get my head around what to include here from the...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Me, myself and Romania

      Today, I want to talk about something that has been on my mind for some time now. Since I have reached Warsaw, I met a lot of students from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, China, Japan, North Korea, Indonesia and so on. What strikes me is that I know a bit, about of...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Halloween in Cádiz

    I finally made it back to Cádiz at 6pm, just in time to unpack, wash and be out to meet Kath and Claire, the other girls from Birmingham University, as we had a pastoral meeting with Rosa from Birmingham University. We met her at Café Royalty, and she bought us drinks...

    4 , 12 years ago
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    ESN Trip to Lisboa

    The time had finally arrived for the ESN trip to Portugal, we were all up bright and early ready to meet the bus at La Caleta at 9am. At 9.25am the bus finally showed up, we put our larger bags under the coach and took our smaller bags on the coach. The English...

    2 , 12 years ago
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    The Bullock family come to Cádiz

    Much sooner than I’d expected it was the day of the arrival of the rest of my family in Cádiz. When they booked the flights it had seemed forever away, but it really had crept up on me, they were landing at Jerez airport at around 9pm, so I had agreed to meet them...

    3 , 12 years ago
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    Long way to Warsaw and I mean long...

    So, every journey has to start somewhere. Then, I think I should start with the ending, because the ending was happy and lets be honest, who does not like a happy final to o story? Me, I am a sucker for the “dreamy and rare endings”. The result of my story is that I...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    This me for You!

                                            It came the time to update my life ;) As I am trying to remember where I should start from, it's getting to be a very hard task for me :) but (!) I remember last Saturday - James birthday! :) That smart and...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Land of unspoken mysteries

    My name is Adriana and guess what? I am an Erasmus student in one of the most important historical countries of the world. Can you guess which one? Well, I will make it easier for you, it has something to do with the Second World War, it is a land of great traditions,...

    0 , 12 years ago
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