Adapting to life back in Glasgow

Returning to glasgow after having been away on exchange for the year was actually something I was quite nervous about. In some ways I felt similar to how I had felt when I was going to Canada to begin my exchange. The idea of settling back into the glasgow lifestyle, catching up with everyone [...]

Living the life of a Scot once more

Well it has now been about 4 months since I made my final return to scotland and my time living the life of an exchange student came to an end. To be perfectly honest my feelings about my return home could not have been more mixed. On the one hand I was excited about [...]

Summer Time

When your time as an exchange student begins to come to an end, you have a couple of important decisions to make….an important one being…’What do I do next?’ 
During the second semester of my exchange the topic of converstation ofetn turned to what people were thinking about doing once they had finished their courses at [...]

The end of an era!

My last few weeks in Halifax had me spending way too many hours in the library but also having a great deal of fun with the wonderful people I had come to know throughout the term/year.  The last few weeks of a term at Dlahousie University are certainly busy ones.  This term I had 6 essays and [...]

Some (hopefully) helpful tips

This year had been jampacked with highs, lows, surprises and pretty much everything.  If you are about to head off on exchange then all I can say is “Have fun!!!!”  – I know you will! I thought I would tell you a little about some of the things that most stick in my mind about my [...]

Semester #2 Begins

Well I’ve been back in Canada for over a month now and I thought it was about time for another post. I had an absolutely amazing couple of weeks back home over Christmas, catching up with all my friends and family. It was so nice to be back home for a while, and when I [...]

Dalhousie Adventure: Semester 1

Semester One

Getting there

My first semester at Dalhousie University, Halifax in Canada has been anything but dull and to be honest I can’t believe it is over already (but I still have semester two to look forward to).

The twenty-eight of August 2008. This was the day that I had now [...]

Its getting so close…

well there have been a few changes to my canadian plans since i first applied.  Like some of you it seems that I am not going to be studying the courses that i first applied for, and it seems that i may not know the exact courses that i will be taking until i actually get over [...]

4 weeks to go…

I cant quite believe it, 4 weeks tomorrow and i shall be heading to the canadian lands with my giant ruksack ( and probably an even bigger bag of nerves ).  I have to admit that it all seems to be coming around really quickly, i dont know about you guys but i keep finding more [...]