A summer of exams, and a long year is concluded!

Hi there! Here comes the final addition to my blog about Lausanne.

It's October, and suddenly the summer has passed in a flash. I have been on exams since June, and just finished my last one on Thursday. It was exhausting. My year is officially finished, which seems so strange and yet very satisfying.

I get a lot of questions as to whether the amount of annoying retakes and amount of studying over the summer really made my year abroad worth it. The answer is still ABSOLUTELY!

I miss Switzerland so much already, Brussels is so grey, and I miss the view of the mountains and the lake from the windows in the auditorium. I must say, though, that it's nice to be able to see my family more often, as well as to be back with old friends in university.

I passed my Bacherlor. My points from Switzerland were converted very fairly, and even though I had some classes to redo, I did it,  and am now a proud Masters 1 student here in Brussels.

So time has come for conclusions... and I am finishing this blog here. Writing about my year here was a great way to reflect on what I was doing and how I was getting on. My conclusion is this, that PERSONALLY, the year was fantastic. It let me discover a lot about myself and let me realize that I can do alright taking care of myself. Academically, though, it was maybe not such a good idea, as the two programs in Brussels and Lausanne did not correspond as much as I was given to believe.

I don't regret going, I had such great times with so many great people, learned to cook and bake, dealt with my own budget, studied in a different library, travelled by train all over Switzerland, went horsebackriding in the alps :D A lot of childhood dreams come true!

I am now continuing my adventure in Belgium, but who knows where the next years will lead me as I start my clinical internships. I'm so excited and hopeful about the next few years of my medical studies- I'm slowly realizing I might one day actually become a doctor!

I've got to just say thank you, then, if you've been reading this, I'm taking a break from the blogging now, but who knows, maybe I'll start a new one if I go somewhere else exciting soon.
xx Therese