It's nearly the end of October and I've now been in Aberdeen for six weeks and had one month of second year classes so I thought I'd...

It’s the end of summer 2020, the world is still in partial lockdown and the fear of Covid-19 continues. Across the UK, thousands of...

In December 2018 I flew out to Geneva to become a seasonaire for the next 5 months. I was 18 years old, on my gap year, and this was to...

June We're into June now and lockdown remains in place in Scotland. Last week, for the first time since March, it became legal to visit...

I'm not particularly creative or artistic but I do like making greetings cards. My cards do not involve much drawing, painting or talent...

Having now spent almost 10 years struggling to master French, I have tried out many different websites, apps, teachers, resources and...

Update from lockdown: don't seem to have caught the virus yet so life is carrying on much as before. It was Easter last weekend. It was a...

This year I went vegan for lent. I've been wanting to try going full vegan for a while now and I finally got round to it. I can't say...

These are very strange times. The current global situation is the kind of thing you read about in a sci-fi novel, not something you...

As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, social distancing measures have gradually been reinforced to the state we are in today, the...

Having chosen Aberdeen University, one of the main things I was excited about was choosing my accommodation. I knew from the start that I wanted to live in Hillhead because it's where most of the student halls of residence are and where the majority of first years live. I thought that it would be the best place to be for meeting other first years and getting to know people. Friends who were already living in Hillhead told me that they wouldn't recommend it as a location and o

Having spent most of the last year living away from home in new places with new people I wasn't worried about moving out and being away...

The Aberdeen University Scottish Dance society was one of several societies I joined this September and the only one I have fully become...

I spent a total of 2 and a half days in Toronto with an overnight trip to Niagara Falls in the middle. During this time I stayed in the...

I am now on my way home to Scotland and I am flying out from Ottawa airport. Due to connection times, I decided to stay in the city last...

Tremblant is a holiday resort in the Laurentian mountains with thousands of tourists visiting from nearby cities such as Montreal,...

These are some of my least favourite things about living in Tremblant and some of the things I didn't realise before I got here. 1. The...

Having now lived in Canada for almost a month and a half, I have noticed more and more things that are different to home. Here's a few of...

I visited Belgium for ten days last September and it's still a strong contender for being my favourite country. It was my first Workaway...

The national holidays of the region. One weekend after the other. Essentially two bank holiday weekends which bring hundreds of tourists...