“Travel is not reward for working, its education for living.” {The Travel Channel} 5 months, 145 days, lots of cycling, lots of studying (when necessary), 21 blogs later and that wraps up my 2016 Erasmus experience in the beautiful country of Switzerland! As I left the wet and windy Northern Ireland on the 10th … More Week 21: Farewell Switzerland 🇨🇭
Rucksacks packed and voices in tune, Zoe and I made the 5 hour journey by train to Paris to mark the start of what would be a fun-filled week at the Football Euros 2016. We had always planned to go to Paris on these dates as Zoe’s sister was cycling from Portadown to Paris, … More Week 20: Will Grigg is on fire 🔥
As summer draws closer our semester at the PHTG is sadly coming to an end. On the Friday evening, we enjoyed a BBQ beside the lake (thanks to the gift from my placement teacher) and our universities campus party. This was a really enjoyable occasion as we said goodbye to all the Swiss students we … More Week 19: Campus closure
Having had our two guests arrive on the Friday evening, and after all the catch ups and a quick tour of Konstanz, an early night was had as the next morning we had a bus to catch to Milan commencing Zoe’s Birthday treats. The first funny moment of the trip happened almost immediately when we … More Week 18: Zoe’s 21st Birthday Treats
I could hardly concentrate throughout early Monday morning Philosophy and German class as today marked the day that Zoe and I would be travelling to Interlaken. Finally 2:30pm arrived and we rushed off to catch our train. You may be wondering what is the big deal about Interlaken? Well, let me explain; located in the … More Week 17: Adventure’s not lacking in Interlaken
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” {Albert Einstein} The beginning of week 16 has seen me attempting to be a very studious student (almost as studious as the Swiss) as I have tried to make a head start on assignments, presentations and artwork deadlines we have to reach before the end of June. Zoe and I … More Week 16: Austrian Adventures
100 days in Switzerland has been reached! Thanks to a Swiss bank holiday and two days off uni, we have enjoyed a chillaxed week in Switzerland after being so busy since Easter on placement and project weeks. It was nice to finally have time to breathe again. The three days off gave us all a … More Week 15: Hiking the Heidialps
We have now been in Switzerland for 3 MONTHS! It’s hard to believe that we are now well and truly over the halfway mark of our time here. It has flown by! This week we were back to PHTG, however it wasn’t our usual classes as we were participating in a Bronze Age History week … More Week 14: Back in Time
The month of May has arrived and along with it my final week of teaching placement! Like most schools when public bank holidays are on the horizon, classes become a little more relaxed and children become a little bit more distracted from hard work, but nonetheless this made for an enjoyable last week in IB … More Week 13: May Day Swiss style
Week 2 of teaching placement complete and once again I have had an enjoyable week in International school Kreuzlingen. This week, I have been able to get stuck into school life and have enjoyed teaching a variety of different subjects including Maths, English, Unit of Inquiry, Swimming and Philosophy. One thing I have particularly noticed … More Week 12: Thompsons on tour
LIVING IN SWITZERLAND 