I finished my report for the HKU about the period in Sweden. I also want to make some structure in the blogg. Therefore I have put all messages in four categories, based on what my first teacher there wrote about studying in another country.

an academic journey
a cultural journey
an intellectual journey
and an emotional journey

Next to these [...]

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Today I had a lecture again where we discussed about stereotypes. Tulips, cheese and drugs-friendly Dutch; family loyal, siesta enjoying and hard-working Mexicans; always on time, environmentally aware and reserved Swedes; and many more.
What I particularly liked was that it came clear that stereotypes are not always negative, in fact stereotypes are mostly positive when [...]

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