In keep with my new Laissez-Faire lifestyle, I have taken up a new hobby: napping. Now I know most people would say that napping isn’t really a hobby, but for the rest of my exchange it is for me! In Canada napping was only an option for me if I was feeling sick, otherwise I …
This past weekend, I went on a school organized trip to Berlin, Germany. I had been there before when I was ten, but everything still felt very new. It was my first time in a European hostel, so I was a little concerned on the way there with cleanliness and safety – but it turned out to …
My social life at university back in Canada usually includes going to bars and clubs with friends on the weekend. We usually go 1 or two times a week on either Thursday, Friday or Saturday when we have no class or important plans the next day. We will meet as a group around 9pm and …
People experience different kinds of culture shock. For picky eaters, they have trouble finding food they like. For claustrophobic people, crowds and public transportation might make them uncomfortable. For control seeking over organizers like me, it’s the laid back European lifestyle that is taking some getting used to. Even in Canada I would be considered …
Weaving through the streets of Strasbourg is a set of very cool and modern look trams (like mini subways and streetcars combined). They are comfortable and efficient and the routes and types are very easy to understand. What is interesting about them is how you are expected to pay. Through observation alone I’ve discovered that …
I’ve often heard people refer to jetlag as some sort of traumatic experience that scarred them in some way. They tell me about how for days and days they were either laying in bed awake or falling asleep over lunch, unable to get into the right rhythm. I have been two Europe twice before, once as a …
