Since this was an exchange and not a holiday, I also had to do some studying. What was it like to study there? Well, it was very nice, actually!   I only spent one semester in UCLan, so I didn’t need to have as many classes as the ones who stayed there for a full…

Aagh, I’ve been so busy with everything that I haven’t had the time to write anything down here! So get ready: this is going to be a long post.   Last time I wrote here I was going to see Modern Life Is War in London, so let’s start with that one. To put it…

Hey there, Last week I went to Old Trafford to see Manchester United play against FC Midtjylland. I grew up in a town that’s obsessed about football and I used to play it myself too when I was a kid, so seeing a professional game was something I knew I had to do while I’m…

I’ve been here for nearly a month now and slowly I’m starting to settle in. Some things – like the left sided traffic, or british vocabulary – took some time to get used to, but it all starts to make sense now. At least a little more than a month ago. I think the biggest…

So, after I had filled all the papers and booked my flights, I had few weeks to actually realize that this was happening. I was about to leave. In less than a month. It felt so crazy. I had to find time to see my family and all of my best friends for the last…

Alright! Greetings from the UK!   After tons of fill-out-forms and emails I finally got myself to England. I was supposed to write about the application process in Finland after I’ve had everything done, but things didn’t actually go as planned and that’s why it took me this long to write a new post here….

Hello everyone. My name is Juska. I’m a third year student of Social Services in JAMK, getting ready to embark on an adventure to the British Isles. From next January I will be studying as an exchange student in the University of Central Lancashire, which is located in the city of Preston. From what I…