Graduation was a beautiful, scorching day this week as hundreds of graduates took to campus to pose next to Old Joe and tried not to melt in the heat. Graduation was also a lovely reminder of how the past four years of my degree have been spent - desperately trying to balance two separate departments [...]
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L is for… (Self) Love
Its officially that time of year. Battered by the Beast from the East, running low on energy, void of inspiration. The fridge is almost as empty as our bank accounts. Even Old Joe has (temporarily) given up the ghost. As the final few weeks of fourth year drag by, it's easy to lose that necessary motivation. Class [...]
(Some) Wise words from a panicked final year: A Letter to my Fresher self
The luxury of time. Given that it (currently) feels like I've been at university for longer than I can remember, I'm been attempting to reflect back on my fresh faced and clueless younger self. Fresher Soph was probably typical of most students. My enthusiasm seemed to be focused on extravagant fancy dress on a tight [...]
Paris Tour Guide: Food and Drink
The idea of writing any type of tourist guide to Paris has been on my mind since I first moved out here and began writing this blog. There is a sort of safety in complaining about French university, given that the majority of friends and family reading this won't have experienced it personally. Talking about [...]
The Ultimate Erasmus Survival Guide: What doesn’t kill you…
...Makes for a really funny story and some great character building, right? Life as an Erasmus student in Paris flying by and it's time to face some facts of how different the reality is to my expectations. Here's a not so brief explanation of what I wish I knew before I started. Feel free to [...]
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