To some Tianjin may seem like an ugly polluted city but for me (and I'm sure the other Tianjinners would agree) it's home and we love it! I wouldn't necessarily advise visiting it for touristy purposes but stay there for a while and it strangely becomes very difficult to leave. It kept hold of me for one year longer than it should have and I still miss it and can't wait to be back. Living in a typical Chinese city is a truly unique experience. It ...

My Moroccan adventure started in Lille, where I was studying for a term at the uni. Lille's a great place and 'the Leeds group' real and adopted were fantastic. It was a lovely relaxing few months. Lille was City of Culture that year and there was loads going on. There was a beautiful park where we used to chill after lessons with a free zoo and porcupine. But by far our favourite past time was sitting under the 'foret suspendu,' sipping coke ...