Jessica Sjöstedt is a Bachelor of English student at Malmo University in Sweden, currently studying at Flinders University. This is her second post, read her first here. Koalas. Australia’s pride. I got to cuddle one when we went to Kangaroo Island, and it held on to me … Read More
Sharmeen Mehri – “From Pakistan to Plattsburgh”
Sharmeen Mehri is an English Literature student from Karachi in Pakistan. She is currently studying at SUNY Plattsburgh and this is her first post. Many ask me where is home? To me home can be found wherever my heart is, my favorite people are, where … Read More
Jessica Sjöstedt, Flinders – “Missing home?”
Jessica is a Bachelor of English student at Malmo University in Sweden, currently studying at Flinders University. This is her first post. I am a 26-year-old Swede and I normally study a Bachelor of English at Malmö University. Right now however, I am outside of … Read More
Caela Provost – “The Five ‘Es’ of Study Abroad”
Caela Provost is a student from Massachusetts studying English at the University of Limerick. This post, as indeed all her other posts, is an absolute joy to read… Since my arrival in Ireland for graduate school, several people have approached me with the ever-popular question, … Read More
Caela Provost – “The quote that inspires”
“Far away, there in the sunshine, are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” ~ Louisa May Alcott Anyone that knows me personally knows that I am a … Read More
Caela Provost – “How To Make Friends”
L. M. Montgomery’s character Anne Shirley, the protagonist of her Anne of Green Gables Series, says the following about friendships, “Kindred Spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It is splendid to find out that there are so many of them in … Read More
Caela Provost – “A Rant On Ridiculous Resolutions…”
I spent the first few hours of 2012 in Nottingham, England with my friend Alice (who gave me a home away from home during the holidays), her boyfriend Matt, and their friends. Until this year, I had never spent the holidays away from home, and … Read More
Caela Provost – “Whiskey And Truth”
“Whiskey and truth should both be served straight up, Doctor.” How Dr. Michaela Quinn helped me find my way to the perfect university Hello everyone! For those of you who only know me through my recent blog post, there’s something I should tell you right … Read More
Caela Provost – “From The USA To The Emerald Isle”
Hello everyone, my name is Caela Provost and I’m a postgraduate student studying English at the University of Limerick! I hail from Winchendon, a small town in Massachusetts, where I did most of my growing up with the three best brothers a girl could ask … Read More
Fan Fan Chen – “Wearing The Trousers In The UK”
This past summer vacation was awesome. First I went to Swansea, the second largest city in Wales, on a student teaching program through my university, SUNY Fredonia, and then I traveled around to North Wales, Scotland and England. It was one of the best trips … Read More
Fan Fan Chen – “The American Dream”
My name is Fan Fan Chen and before coming to the United States, I taught English at The Civil Aviation University of China. Now I am working on my masters degree at the State University of New York at Fredonia, a college town upstate of … Read More
Jessica Sjöstedt, Flinders – “Living on campus”
Jessica Sjöstedt is a Bachelor of English student at Malmo University in Sweden, currently studying at Flinders University. Read her previous posts here. Anybody interested in the practicalities of taking your stuff and moving to the other side of the world for half a year? Here goes. I live … Read More