{"id":5062,"date":"2017-12-25T11:17:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T01:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T01:44:55","slug":"discover-the-uks-picturesque-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2017\/12\/25\/discover-the-uks-picturesque-countryside\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover the UK’s picturesque countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan W
\n(BCI student Majoring in Drama, Minors in Scenography and Literature)
\nLeeds University, UK<\/p>\n

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The landscape is stunning in England, if you\u2019re a painter or creative type it will make your mind wonder. I was fortunate enough in my weekend explorations of the England countryside to come across an exhibition holding some of Francis Bacon\u2019s most famous work on tour.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll meet so many friends while on exchange. I will give some advice, you will notice on your return home that you will have more international student friends than English students, as they tend to stick to their own crowd (usually). This is not necessarily bad, it was my own personal experience and made friends with plenty of non-student English friends.<\/p>\n

So, you\u2019re probably wondering about Europe. Do it. It\u2019s one of the best things. In the middle of Semester 2 (which is our Semester 1 at QUT), there is a month break in the middle to study, I suggest do some study then take some time off to travel to Europe, it is at a very good time in March \/ April where the tourists have not yet arrived, but it is not blisteringly cold like Winter \u2013 it is just right.<\/p>\n

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Nothing is more rewarding than travelling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A highlight I would suggest is to do Italy \u2013 it is magnificent, you will not regret \u2013 climbing Mount Vesuvius was indeed my favourite as it snowed while I was at the top.<\/p>\n

However, transport and travelling to other places is quite expensive due to the class system on trains which interlink England. I suggest using the National Express <\/em>bus service that allows extremely cheap tickets around the U.K. \u2013 it takes longer to your destination point but it saves you money.<\/p>\n

By the end, you will wish you could never leave \u2013 but that\u2019s okay because at the end you would have made connections and can meet up with those friends again, traveling and searching the world together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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