Arrived 11th September 2008
Departed 22nd May 2009
28 weeks, 6 days spent in France, including 3 days in Barcelona, 2 days in Brussels, 6 days in Paris
7 weeks, 1 day spent in UK on holiday
5 return flights to the UK
Number of washing up liquid bottles used – 2
Number of laundry loads – 19
Days/Weeks of strike action – 5 general days, 16 weeks of education sector strike; 2nd February – 25th May (ongoing).
Number of teaching days at campus blockaded due to the strike : 37; 19th March – 22nd May (ongoing).
Number of modules taken / exams sat – 15 modules overall / 13 exams taken in semester 1, none in semester 2 due to the strike.
Number of Jour Fériés – 9; Toussaint 1st November, Armistice 1918 11th November, Christmas Day & Boxing Day 25th & 26th December, New Year’s Day 1st January, Easter Monday 13th April, Worker’s Day 1st May, Victory Day 1945 8th May, Ascension 21st May.
Variation in exchange rate – from parity during the Christmas break to about £1 = €1.12
New friends made as a result of year abroad – 10; Marion, Katie, Alice, Vicky, Joe, Oli, Sonia, Blake, Nichole, Christine
