After I've almost fully recovered from my annoying ear infection, I spontaneously went to the Formula 1 season opening in Melbourne, which was a 'once in a lifetime' event. The huge area of Albert Park hosted the event where - next to the actual race- car brands hosted smaller events, exhibited some cars (i.a. some Ferraris) or held the Porsche Carrera Cup before the actual race. The weather became really nice after starting off as being a grey and rainy mornin...

After a few days on campus and our orientation sessions, my Dutch friends and I found out about a pre-planned weekend-tour to Sydney for the famous Mardi Gras Gay Parade, and since the trip seemed quite "affordable", we just booked it and left in the evening on the 5th of March by BUS (a decision I truly regret now, since 12 hours in a cold bus isn't as 'cool' as you might think). After 12 long, exhausting and sleepless hours in a bus (no kidding!) we arrived in...

On Monday, 16th of February, we finally arrived in chilly Melbourne. At this point in time, I really felt the time differences and the change of climate from -15 degrees, up to 35 in Dubai and Singapore, and back to about 20 in Melbourne. At the airport, I met my study buddy from Utrecht, Ilse and we were really happy to finally start our semester abroad together at Monash University in Melbourne. Again, I was quite 'disappointed' by the chilly weather, cause I...

Hey guys, excuse my delay, but the first weeks of settling in just kept me from writing, but here we go again :) Our 2nd stop-over led us to super hot and humid Singapore. I was honestly quite afraid entering the country cause you can get penalties easily for simple things like chewing gum, drinking on the train etc., but everything was fine when we arrived :) After some, let's call it "re-arrangements", Nathalie and I got a great hostel in Chinatown with a ni...

Dear friends, it literally took me a while to find some peaceful time writing down my experiences of the past 3 weeks in which I've got to see wonderful places on different continents, starting with a 3-day-stop-over in Dubai UAE, followed by a 4-day-stop-over in Singapore and finally arriving in Melbourne, Australia where I'm about to stay for my exchange semester up until the beginning of August :) In order to keep you all 'updated' I'll start with my first d...