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Charlotte Evans

  • Córdoba: Blog 2

    Monday, 21 May 2012
    So I’ve been here in Spain for about three and a half months now but with friends in other parts of the country already heading home to England, it’s caused me to stop and think how about fast this experience is really going. I have one and a half months left until my one-way flight home and only 2 weeks of classes left. Before I know it, I’ll be unceremoniously dumped back at Gatwick airport with a massive suitcase and a world of experiences but what am I going to do with myself after? What am I going to do without my daily tostada and café con leche and my lovely housemates and friends from all over the world?...Well, so far I have no real answer, other than to enjoy it all to the max right now. One plan I have come up with to get over the horror of the fact that I am going back so soon after nearly a whole year abroad, is to get seriously proactive.
  • Learning Spanish idioms

    Friday, 30 March 2012
    Charlotte is studying French and Hispanic studies at uni and is spending the second six months of her year abroad as an Erasmus student at the Universidad de Córdoba in Spain. She bought a Spanish idioms book for a different way to boost her language skills, as learning typical idiomatic expressions is a very useful way to help you understand the language better, to help you feel more like a local (and never get caught out!) and, of course, to help you ace language oral exams! Find out her verdict on learning idioms on a Kindle.
  • Lyon: Chapter 3

    Thursday, 27 October 2011

    So, I’ve lived in France for two whole months now. What can I say? It’s been a whirlwind. A whirlwind of meeting tons of lovely new people, exploring new places and… (I have to admit) huge, huge piles of paperwork. One thing that all of us ERASMUS students seem to have noticed here in France is that they love their bureaucracy. You will quickly find yourself caught up in vicious circles of paperwork and on goose chases for some random piece of paper without which you won’t be able to do something vital… It’s all very strange.

  • Charlotte Evans is about to set off on her year abroad in Lyon and Córdoba. Here, she gives us an account of how her year abroad preparation is going...
  • Charlotte is studying French and Hispanic studies at uni and is spending the second six months of her year abroad as an Erasmus student at the Universidad de Córdoba in Spain. Here she tells us about - and shows us! - a typical week in her Spanish life...
  • Spain....the beginning...

    Saturday, 11 February 2012
    So I’ve been terrible at blogging during my time in France. I don’t know what to put it down to really. There was a lot of work in the last few months and preparing for exams was pretty stressful. None of us had any idea how we were going to do or what the exams would be like. Luckily I’ve now got my marks back and am happy to say I passed everything fine. I have to say though; exams in France were pretty strange. The exam conditions were not strict at all which was something very new for me. The exams themselves  were a little strange, for example for one of my literature modules, despite studying more than one book, we only got one question, on one book. No choice at all. Luckily, I’d studied all the books really well so didn’t have a problem but am glad I didn’t use that tactic which I think is sometimes employed in England, where you hedge your bets and just study some of the texts well and not all of them.
  • Lyon: Chapter 2

    Friday, 26 August 2011
    I have been in Lyon for one full day now and I am really enjoying it…On the whole. Somebody seems to have warned the city that seeing as I am the epitome of British, I must experience the same rainy weather as we have in England, WHEREVER I go. So far, I have been caught in two thunder and lightning storms (whilst dressed in ballet pumps and strappy tops due to the fact that it is flipping hot as well) and it has now been raining for about 4 hours straight. What on earth is going on? Anyway, typical English moaning about the weather mode is now turned off and I shall return to my usual chirpier self.
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