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Student Exchange in Europe and Why You Must Travel
… is to support and give opportunities to international students during and after their exchange period), which allows me to buy plane, bus and train tickets with considerable discounts, I have an unspoken right to dispute about an allure of traveling. Owing to my consistent class schedule, I am free from Thursday evening till Monday morning each week. For this…
27.11.2018
Living and Studying in Brussels: The Heart of Europe
…ry different parts — French (Wallonia) and Dutch (Flanders). There’s also a small German part, however, Belgians don’t consider it as a separate part of Belgium. So far, I’ve discovered only the Flemish part of Belgium with trips and getting to know the culture. The only thing I got to know from the French part is Liege waffles. The relationship between these two par…
08.11.2018
The Time I Saw the Queen… Twice
… Understanding they’re going to fire cannons, I wait patiently for them to fire when suddenly, a beautiful, orchestral sound comes to my ears. I quickly follow that sound and discover a Royal Marching Band (it might be more of a Royal Orchestra but I’m unsure as to the name) perform hit classes like This is Me from The Greatest Showman and a Michael Jackson medly of …
01.11.2018
How a Small Inconvenience Made Me More Environmentally Friendly
… at the water-dispenser kiosk thing in my neighborhood, and I use a Whole Foods bag to carry them there, which I feel very enlightened and smug about. My wife back in San Francisco may drive a Hybrid Lexus, but I am very much at the front lines of the battle for the environment, and I think I am much better at it, and I tell her so, which she does not care for. CU…
09.10.2018
ITMO… It’s More Than a University.
…t place for you to receive all you need for life, but for others, university represents a family of people who come together through adversity to explore life and uncover new discoveries. University is a place where you can push the boundaries of your knowledge and expand your horizons so you can enter the world with a growth mindset ready for you to not just survive…
20.09.2018
Curious Things You Might Not Know About St. Petersburg
…inated in this very spot. That is it for now. See you guys soon, and please let me know if you have any cool ideas or topics you would like me to write about. Have fun discovering St. Petersburg's secrets.…
16.02.2018
New adventure in Russia? Welcome on board!
…y and exploring around is a little like this, don't be afraid to get lost, walk without a plan, you never know which great person you will meet or which awesome park you will discover. After that, you will know more and the limits of your known territory will be wider. 5. Networking and making friends. If you are the type of person that makes a friend as easy as …
30.01.2018
Unexpected Pleasures
…t pretty easily and without any problem. After that I decided to take a look around; I only knew that this town is located near the sea, so I went to the sunny beach, where I discovered a tourist office, was given a map with sights of the town and had an unintended sunny tour around a cozy, quiet and peaceful area of a historical center of Vilanova i la Geltru. …
11.01.2018
Saint Petersburg: a city of wonders
Green Light to Medicine! Fluorescence: from a Mysterious Phenomenon to Medication
…Humans started making the first discoveries of this phenomena many years ago. The great philosopher Aristotle, who lived in Ancient Greece, studied fluorescence when observing a process of fish rotting. More than 1,000 years ago Chinese sages already knew about minerals that could glow in the dark — back then non-organic luminophores (a chemical matter, which turns a…
13.07.2016