Today marks one year since I set foot in the snowy, inhumanely cold city of Montréal, Canada and the beginning of what would be one of the greatest times of my life – exchange. IContinue reading
Category: Exchange
A book full of memories: A travel/exchange project
A project that I started during my last week in Montreal. Basically I asked my friends (and later the travelers I met in Europe) to write a note in the back of my journal. They could write absolutely whatever they wanted and I promised not to read it until I got back to Australia.
Au revoir Montréal
It feels so bittersweet but in a couple of minutes my time in Montréal will be over. I’m currently sitting in a bus at Gare d’autocars de Montréal, waiting for it to leave for Boston. TheContinue reading
I don’t want to leave Montréal
I know I haven’t really been updating this blog at all, but I feel the need to write this out here. I have 11 days left in Montréal. Over the past 4 months I haveContinue reading
Culture Shock – My first week in Montreal
After a night of no sleep and a lot of packing it was time to take my flight to Montreal, my home for the next 4 months. The flight was the shortest and most visuallyContinue reading
Day 7: MoMA and the High Line
My last day in New York! Gotta make the most of it. I moved out of the hostel early in the morning, put my bags in storage and went on my way to MoMA, theContinue reading
Day 4: Sleep Patterns and Skyscrapers
Things you shouldn’t do upon arrival to a country while severely jet lagged: Stay awake till 4am. That’s exactly what I did, and boy did I pay for it in the morning afternoon. I wokeContinue reading
Day 3: New York, New York
Today was a hell of a day. Once I repacked my things, we hopped into the car and headed off to Manhattan. A neat little caveat of New York weather – as the snow meltsContinue reading
Day 2: Jet lag and momentary panic
(Sorry for this being excruciatingly late, I am making a commitment to catch up on this) Travelling across 16 time zones in 25 hours can really mess with your head, the last thing you wantContinue reading
Day one.
It’s been a long and tumultuous rollercoaster ride leading up to this moment, with many a late night, lots of heartfelt goodbyes and some attempts at frugality, but the day is finally here. Today IContinue reading