Feb 17, 2017 | Europe, London, United Kingdom
I went to London for the first time when I was 10, again when I was 12, but it took me other twelve years to go there for the third time. The reason for the visit was a job interview, which didn’t go so well, probably because as I got off the plane and saw that gray...
Feb 16, 2017 | Europe, London, Travel Itineraries, United Kingdom
Anytime I travel somewhere with Jorge, my boyfriend, and as we have very different tastes – I go more for museums and architecture and he likes more football and to enjoy things slowly – we usually split the time, so both can see things we like. The last time I went...
Sep 5, 2016 | Europe, France, Paris, Travel Itineraries
When I was five, my parents took me to Paris, to Disneyland. I have few memories of this visit and when I was 22, when I was doing Erasmus in Florence and because I had a friend in Paris, also in Erasmus, I decided it was time to go back and spend 7 days in the French...
Feb 3, 2016 | Dresden, Europe, Germany
In my 2017 Germany trip our last stop was in Dresden, one city next to the border with Czech Republic where “they are not used to heavy snow” so the streets were all white and not cleaned. Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for...
Sep 15, 2014 | Europe, Florence, Italy, Travel Tips
I studied architecture in ISCTE-IUL. ISCTE is known as a business and management university and a lot of people are still surprise to find out that you can study architecture in there. You have some advantages, as to work with people from very different fields, but...
Aug 18, 2014 | Austria, Europe, Vienna
My way back from my Erasmus in Italy to Portugal was long! First I took a ferryboat to Split, Croatia,then I went to Sarajevo, Bosnia, where that year’s EFIL Volunteer Summer Summit took place, and then I visited Montenegro before coming back to Sarajevo and entering...
Aug 8, 2014 | Europe, Montenegro, Travel Itineraries
In 2014 after leaving Italy where I was in Erasmus, I went to Bosnia and Herzegovina for EFIL’s Volunteer Summer Summit, passing by Split on the way. Prior my departure I had talk with some friends to do a road trip in the Balkans afterwards and Niklas, André...
Jul 30, 2014 | Bosnia Herzegovina, Europe
As you may recall I went to Bosnia for the European Federation for Intercultural Learning Volunteer Summer Summit in 2014. I was living in Florence that year so I took a ferry boat from Ancona to Split, where I spent some days and then I took an 8hour bus to Sarajevo....
Feb 27, 2014 | Europe, Italy, Rome
I have a love hate relationship with the city of Rome! If on one hand is “the city of Rome”, with all its history, the Tiber river (Tevere in Italian) and its opposite bank, Trastevere – my favorite part of the city -, all the churches, that surprise even the most...
Feb 25, 2014 | Europe, Italy, Rome, Travel Itineraries, Vatican City
Directly after my week in Paris I flew to Rome for almost a week of <<between semesters’>> holidays before returning to classes in Florence. I also had some Erasmus friends here, with whom I stayed. Actually this script has only five days because I...
Feb 18, 2014 | Europe, France, Paris, Travel Itineraries
Day 1 – arrival and Centre Georges Pompidou I came to Paris to visit a great friend who is here in Erasmus. I stayed in the Cité Internationale, where she lives, and where the university residences of each country can be found. I landed at Orly airport and took...
Nov 22, 2013 | Belgium, Europe, Travel Itineraries
I went to Belgium in November of 2013, when I was in Erasmus in Italy, with my flatmate at the time, Maria João. We decided to go there because we had a friend doing Erasmus in Brussels, because we found a great flight and just because I really wanted to visit...
