It was during my senior year at high school when my interest in the English language started. I realised that I had never set foot outside Italy. I started to look for summer linguistic stays. There were plenty of options: fancy destinations like London, Dublin, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne, and so on. At first, the idea…
Some little information about this particular exchange program: An Au Pair is a helper from a foreign country working for, and living as part of, a host family. Mainly, they are responsible for the childcare, but they also do some light housework, which mostly falls again into childcare, and receives a weekly allowance, a kind…
Descartes: discours de la méthode I would like to begin this article by quoting a famous reflection by Descartes in Discours de la méthode (1637), which is someway related to my period of study abroad. The French philosopher claims he abandoned the study of letters to travel, as soon as his age allowed him to…
