The best thing about going on exchange is the travel.
Before I started my semester at King’s College London, I went to Helsinki and Tallinn.
On weekends during my studies I went to Oxford, Cambridge, Madrid and Dublin and all with friends I made whilst studying.
I now have friends from Germany, the US, Ukraine, South Korea, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland and even a few new British and Australian friends, too.
After exchange I went backpacking through Budapest, Zurich, Geneva, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Florence and Rome. Again, meeting up with friends I made whilst studying.
Highlights included the underground party-scene in Budapest, the stunning beauty of Lake Geneva and the absolutely mind-blowing food and wine culture of Italy.
The second best thing about going on exchange is the exchange itself.
I was lucky enough to be at the most central university in London, overlooking the Thames and on the same block as Somerset House.
Somerset House hosts a number of art galleries including the famous Courtauld Gallery where you’ll find the best impressionist art in the world (think Manet, Van Gogh, Gaugin, Monet and Degas).
I even had an ice-rink on campus.
Nearby stood the grand old Maughan Library, complete with a clock tower overlooking the city (and press gallery waiting to snap Prince William and David Attenborough leaving the library).
There was never a dull moment studying in London, which is why it’s so hard to study in London. The only problem is that it all has to end.
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