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EF Stories: Marina from Norway at EF Berlin
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Berlin is a major city with many contrasts - from top-notch museums to underground art scenes, trendy cafes to local street food, parks and skyscraper...

EF Stories: Daphne from the Netherlands at EF Rome
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I would like to describe my gap year in Rome as a super fun experience. It is very easy and nice to be able to share this bubble you are in with other...

EF Stories: Laurens from Belgium at EF Berlin
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At my school, a project was organized where students from Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Belgium were allowed to go on an exchange abroad. My...

EF Stories: Xinyi from Hong Kong at EF Singapore
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"On contrary to many, I didn't have a big intention to studying abroad before. It was more my parent's arrangement so I could prepare wel...

EF Stories: Mika Fukunaga from Japan at EF Eastbourne
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Q1: Why did you decide to study abroad?A: I had always been interested in the country of United Kingdom and wanted to be able to speak English better....

EF Stories: Aline from Switzerland in EF Perth
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Perth - the city on the west coast of Australia, surrounded by the Swan River. In the middle of this vibrant city lies EF Perth. This very modern scho...

EF Stories: Lore from Belgium at EF Nice
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I stayed in Nice for two weeks with EF, but I really would have liked to stay longer. During the tour on the first day, they told me that I would go b...

EF Stories: Hellen from Belgium at EF Vancouver
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Hi! My name is Hellen and I am 17 years old. This summer I went to beautiful Vancouver for a month with EF! This was best the experience of my life: I...

EF Stories: Oscar from Norway at EF Munich
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In the summer of 2019, I went on a language trip for 3 weeks to EF Munich and stayed with a host family. I can honestly say that this was one of my be...

EF Stories: Kento from Japan at EF Seattle
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Kento Toda was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and studied at EF Seattle when he was 18 years old. He devoted 14 years of his life to soccer, from kin...

EF Stories: Kevin from Switzerland in EF Sydney + Perth
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1. Why did you decide to study abroad?My motivation for taking an adult language course in Australia was to develop professionally, get better opportu...

EF Stories: Andrea from Austria in EF Los Angeles
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I can tick off one of my dreams on my to-do list, namely the dream of traveling to North America one day. I really wanted to go on a language study tr...