Do you have the feeling that you always have to go abroad? That the urge to travel can no longer be suppressed or that the temptation to discover new places is simply too great? Then you probably suffer from the “disease” dromomania. … More “travel sick”
This summer I went for the first time on a real road trip with my boyfriend to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Before I used to travel cheaply by plane, so I was kind of nervous about the total cost. Gas got quite expensive and I knew from my semester abroad in Jönköping that Scandinavia isn’t the cheapest destination. This is how much ten days of driving through Scandinavia cost per person: … More Cost breakdown – road trip Scandinavia
It’s been a while since I wrote on my blog again, but I am back with big news: I am living in Bilbao, Spain for already three weeks. This blogpost will be all about what I am doing here, how long I will stay and what I think of it so far. … More I moved to Bilbao, Spain
For my bachelor’s thesis, I went to Malta to do research on the gambling industry. I don’t want to elaborate too much on that since you can read my final work soon in the Times of Malta. But of course, in between interviews, casino visits and research, I had the time to explore the island. … More A journalistic trip to Malta
To give you an idea of how much I spend for my day trip to Dublin, I listed all my expenses: … More How much does a day in Dublin cost?
When you search in Google ‘how long should I stay in Dublin’ you get a lot of suggestions that one day is sufficient to visit the capital of Ireland. Well, this blogpost is not gonna be any different. You can see Dublin in a day. … More A day trip to Dublin
As you may know from my previous blogpost, I am having a tough time being back in Belgium. I miss my second home, Sweden, extremely hard. In this blogpost I don’t want to complain any longer because that’s not going to help anyways. Today I want to dedicate this blogpost to my Swedish Friends: Nora, Viktoria and Sonja. … More Tack så mycket*
It’s been two weeks since I took the plane back to Belgium. Everyone was looking forward to this moment. Everyone except for me. Even though I am home, I feel homesick. Homesick for Sweden which is now my second home. … More Post-Erasmus depression
Who doesn’t want to have a white Christmas like in the movies? This year I had the chance to celebrate the holidays in probably the most magical place on earth; Swedish Lapland. … More Winter wonderland
Probably everyone who went on Erasmus says the same: you will make there friends for life. I know it sounds cliché, but it is true. … More Friends for life
I should have shut my mouth. Remember when I wrote a few days ago that corona isn’t that bad in Sweden? Well, things got worse. In one of the student accommodations called bèta a lot of people tested positive. I also was in contact with one of the girls who is sick now. So that means I need to get tested. In the meanwhile I am isolating myself as much as possible. … More Self-isolation sucks
Being on an exchange doesn’t only mean studying, but also discovering the country. As you don’t have a lot of class as an exchange student, you can travel a lot. That’s what I did. I went to Stockholm, Gothenburg, Gotland, Malmö, Lund, Gränna and Visingsö. And who knows where life brings me next… … More Travelling around Sweden
The second I arrived in Sweden, everything felt different. I didn’t need to wear a facemask, people were taking the bus, everyone was hugging each other,… It almost felt if corona didn’t exist in Sweden. Spoiler alert: three months after my arrival it became clear that corona also exists in Sweden. … More Corona doesn’t exist in Sweden
Dromomania 