Places I’ve travelled during my year-abroad in pictures
I grew up travelling but never the amount I have while doing my year abroad. Meeting international students doing their year abroad lets me travel with like-minded students who may have flown across the world to see new places and experience new cultures!
Here are the places I’ve been so far.
First term: 2022
September
Cromer, UK: day trip to the beach with new international friends
London, UK: day trip 1 with international friends
![Man in front of London bridge](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_5181-1024x768.jpeg)
Ford from the USA on the right
October
Canterbury, UK: 2 nights with international friends
![women in boat with castle in background](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_5371-1024x768.jpeg)
Kerstin from Sweden, Maya from UVic, Nerissa from USA
Edinburgh, Scotland: (4 nights) with international friends
![students looking down at city](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_5547-1024x768.jpeg)
Ford from USA, Maya from UVic
Glasgow, Scotland: (3 nights) with international friends with day trip to Loch Lomond
![woman looking at sign](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_5819-1024x768.jpeg)
Maya from UVic in loch
Barcelona, Spain (3 nights) with 1 friend
November
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 3 nights with international friends
Swansea, Wales: 3 nights with 2 friends
Cardiff, Wales: day trip with 2 friends
Paris, France: 3 nights with international friends
![woman holding baguette](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_7494-768x1024.jpeg)
Sarah from UVic
![students in front of Eiffel tower](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_7412-768x1024.jpeg)
Ford from USA, me, Kerstin from Sweden, Sarah from UVic
December
London, UK: solo day trip
London, UK: 1 night – with international friends
![students in front of tree with lights](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_8418-768x1024.jpeg)
Sarah from UVic, Andrew from Australia, Ford from USA
Dublin, Ireland: 3 nights with one friend
![2 women in front of castle](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_8710-1024x768.jpeg)
Me with Maya from UVic
Stockholm, Sweden: 3 weeks to visit roommate over Christmas
![2 women skating](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/05/IMG_9287-1024x768.jpeg)
Me with Kerstin from Sweden
Second term: 2023
January
Tenerife, Spain: 3 nights solo trip
February
London, UK: day trip 3 with new international friends (celebrating a friend’s birthday)
Seville, Spain: 6 nights solo travel
Brighton, UK 2 nights with international friends (celebrating a friend’s birthday)
March
Leeds, UK: 2 nights to visit a friend from UVic
![2 women](https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/myuviclife/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2023/06/leeds-768x1024.jpg)
Me with Meghan from UVic
London, UK: trip 4 solo travel for a concert
Morocco, Marrakech: 4 nights with a roommate
Morocco, Essaouira: 3 nights with a roommate
April
Great Yarmouth, UK: day trip with mom
Cambridge, UK: day trip with mom
York, UK: 2 nights with mom
Budapest, Hungary: 3 nights with mom
Prague, Czech Republic: 4 nights with mom
Driving around Ireland’s towns: 2 nights with mom
Galway, Ireland: 3 nights with mom
Dublin Ireland (again): 3 nights with mom
London, UK: 4 nights with mom
The Cotswolds: day trip with mom
London, UK: trip 5 (concert) day trip solo travel
May
London, UK: trip 6 (music festival) day trip solo travel
I finished my studies on May 25th. Now, I can get back into travelling!
Future plans:
June
Island hopping in Greece: 2 weeks with 1 friend
July
Solo travel Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Europe
Sweden part 2?
I leave the UK in mid-August to come back to UVic!