5 Reasons to Study Abroad

5 Reasons to Study Abroad

There are countless motivational articles about why you should go abroad. This is just going to be another one. I’ll give you my top five reasons why I went to study abroad and I’m pretty sure that if you sit down and take a moment to make a list of your own reasons,...
7 Ways to Be Sustainable While Living Abroad

7 Ways to Be Sustainable While Living Abroad

As the title already reveals, this post is going to be a wee environmental article. If we want to keep going around and pretend we’re Dora the Explorer, we need more than an Erasmus grant. We need places to go to. Thus we must take care of our planet, right? For that...
Life Abroad in Scotland

Life Abroad in Scotland

Hello, I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday, passed all the exams and is slowly preparing for their year abroad. As most of you probably know, I come from the Czech Republic so my life abroad didn’t start after finishing my second year at UofG, but two years before...
Spain vs Scotland

Spain vs Scotland

Hello, Some of you are probably wondering what life abroad is like. It is usually fun, but let’s be honest, adapting to new things isn’t always a piece of cake. In this post, I’d like to comment on some differences that I have observed between Scotland and Spain so...
Learn Spanish While Teaching English

Learn Spanish While Teaching English

Hey!   I hope you read the previous articles and set your mind to go abroad. But now comes the tricky question. A university or an internship? I know most language students will choose a university as it’s easier to improve your language proficiency. However, if...
White Christmas and Los Reyes Magos

White Christmas and Los Reyes Magos

aka what’s wrong with traditions     Although the first heading might make you think it’s going to be a happy post about me and my family spending the winter holidays in a remote cottage surrounded by snow and building a snowman, that’s not the story. This...