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Apart from the beauty of restored and picturesque temples and fortresses, lush green mountains covered in trees that I could not wait for autumn to turn into the colors of sunset, and the calm ocean surrounding the Korean Peninsula, my fascination for the east-Asian country had especially been driven by my curiosity about its people’s culture and traditions.
One thing that makes public transportation very different from Switzerland is that there’s no real timetable. The bus I take to the university runs run every 15 minutes – in theory.
There are multiple cultural practices I could write about, and I find it hard to concentrate on just one. To show a few, it might be a good idea to go back to my first hours and days in Australia
"For the second time within the last few months, I have started to understand that cultures and lifestyles are closely connected to the environment and climatical circumstances. The climate defines how our days go: when we eat, when we start working or take breaks, when we wake up and go to bed, what we eat and how we eat it."
During her stay in Jyväskylä, Selin unexpectedly discovered the best place to chat with Finnish people. Can you guess where it is?
A love letter to the Italian language.
Juggling Italian, French, English and German during his internship at the children's hospital in Florence, Sebastian writes about his experiences with languages.