Obligatory Eiffel Tower shot Paris is a city defined by aesthetics. It's gargantuan landmarks, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and Notre Dame Cathedral all probably come to mind at the first mention of the city. The orderly boulevards and Haussmannian buildings which surround them come next. But Paris is somewhat unique for the ubiquitousness [...]
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London
Reading week at the University of Exeter is a week free of classes given to many undergraduate students with the intention of preparing for end of November deadlines. I took advantage of this opportunity to travel to London and Paris, avoiding any useful work. Because I have too much to say about each, I will [...]
Expanding the opportunities in the University of Exeter
Hello everyone! We are currently halfway through our exchange program here in England, and I cannot believe how fast the time flies. However, even though it does pass pretty quickly, I am not wasting a single minute (a little "proud-of-myself" moment)! Tomorrow I am starting something very exciting. The University of Exeter has given some [...]
Exploring the beauty of England
Hello to everyone from rainy England! The weather here has been going up and down sunlight-wise but now it seems like it finally stabilized at the normal cold, gloomy level. It is, however, does not bother me too much as we all know that there cannot be a pure English experience without being cold and [...]
The Mystery of Stonehenge
As close as mortals are allowed to get The first extant description of Stonehenge appears in Henry Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum written around 1154 AD. Huntingdon wrote that "no one has been able to discover by what mechanism such vast masses of stone were levitated, nor for what purpose they were designed". Stonehenge has become a [...]
