Year Abroad
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Le Vendôme III: The Year Abroad -The speci(man), the myth, the legend
In a third instalment of her column Le Vendôme, Jasmine Eden Gray gives an overview of the Year Abroad experience, how things may not always go to plan but how that’s all part of the experience.
Le Vendôme II: A Reverse Pickpocketing and Other Adventures on the Paris Metro
In the second instalment of her column about her Year Abroad in Paris, Jasmine Eden Gray explores the dangers and delights of the Paris Metro.
Le Vendôme I: First Impressions
In the first installment of her column ‘Le Vendôme’, Jasmine Eden Gray recounts some of the many humorous interactions with the local Parisians that she has experienced on her year abroad in the city of lights.
What is it like to be alone in a new city?
Ama Otuo gives us a poetic insight into the challenges of living abroad
Listening for Adventure Abroad
Jasmine Eden Gray recounts her experience of how music can be important on your Year Abroad.
Not a Valedictory Dispatch: Reflections on a Year in Egypt
Middle East and Africa Editor Josh Moreton reflects on a year spent in Egypt and the lessons he’s learnt.
A Luxor and Aswan Travel Diary
Writer Amy Reid and Middle East and Africa Editor, Josh Moreton, bring us an evocative recollection of their jaunt across Upper Egypt. Dive into the ancient world through the eyes of a modern tourist.
Epilogue to a Travel Blog III: Those Nameless Places
In their third instalment, Alex Jarvis takes us along the notorious Dumskaya street and to a delirium-inducing bubble-tea-stroke-rainbow-bagel counter.
Epilogue to a Travel Blog II - Cucumbers and Cappuccinos
In their second instalment, Alex Jarvis takes us to two more cafes in St Petersburg, the oddly named ‘Cucumbers’, and the ominous ‘Bunker’.
Epilogue to a Travel Blog: First and Last impressions at Leon
In this article, Alexandra writes a enchanting article that focuses on the cafe, Leon, as a site through which she remembers her Year Abroad experience in St. Petersburg.
The Giro d’Italia, and other travels by bicycle
Jenny Frost revisits her experience of watching the Giro d’Italia in Siena, reminiscing about her life in cycling along the way.
Letters from Jordan I: A Taxi Ride Through Amman
MEA columnist Florence Coumbe explores the social and literary nuances of poetry in Arab societies through the lens of a student of the Arabic language whilst on her year abroad in Amman, Jordan.
Il concerto della colazione
Harriet Gilbert Savage reminisces on her time in Florence, where an Italian nonna taught her the delight found in savouring the sweetness within every ritual
The French Dispatch III: New friends, old friends, and everything in between
In the next instalment of her column, Emily Moss is grateful for the changing nature of friendships on her year abroad, both old and new.
The French Dispatch II - Where’s all my money gone?
In the second instalment of her column, Paris newly-local Emily Moss gives tips on how to stay financially afloat living abroad.
The French Dispatch I - Feeling Lonely in the City of Lights
In the first instalment of her column The French Dispatch, Emily Moss discusses the loneliness of first moving abroad, and how to overcome it.