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Today I complete 1 month since I arrived in Brighton, it went so fast I didn’t even realised it! On my last day in Brazil I was terrified of leaving my comfort zone, and now I realised it was the best thing I ever did. When I arrived in England I met another exchange student…

It’s already November! Time has passed so quickly that I didn’t even realise it. Around a month ago I met my student advisor in a cafe to talk. She helped me figure out what was bothering me and find the best solution. She helped me find another family that fits more with the kind of…

  “My momma always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ ” – Forrest Gump My name is Fernanda Dias and I’m going on the High Schools International Study Abroad programme this year. Many people have asked me about the reason why I decided to enrol on…

Well, here I am, in a new room full of books that I had never seen before. The view that I have from my window has changed quite a lot, and when I go out of the room, I hear different voices talking in English to me, which are gradually getting familiar. I got here…

My understanding of the saying ‘time flies’ has changed over the last few weeks. At first I thought that I would struggle a lot in my time here, trying to get used to the new friends, to the new school buildings, to the different kind of teaching. Well, it happens that by the third week…

Last night I had a dream about my future exchange experience: in this dream I was in my future school listening to the teacher, I was relaxed and happy, I had a lot of friends and my life was satisfactory. It’s almost a year that I am daydreaming about my English life, and I must…

Here I am, guys! My English experiences has started for 3 weeks. Now I live in Canterbury, Kent. I left Italy on 1st September. The flight that brought me to England, has changed my life. When I saw London’s Airport for the first time, I felt like I was surrounded by something great which was…

It has already been one month and a half since I left Italy and I can believe time flies so quickly. I feel at home, here in Canterbury, and there is nothing to worry about. The issue that worried me the most was the language, and most of friends of mine keep asking me: “how…

It is so extraordinary to see how one’s life can change exponentially from the moment he decides to leave home. I never thought I would say that but I cannot even think of how my life used to be before I came here and how narrow minded I was comparing to now. So many things…

Since I am here in England, I have enjoyed every day. I am learning a lot about the English culture and every day I discover a new side that enchants me. Although sometimes it is difficult to fully accept new ways of thinking, it is part of the experience abroad: understanding how different people from…