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I am amazed too at how quickly it is going, especially this second year. DD has gone across country to stay with her boyfriend's family. That was a marathon journey too, from the west coast to the east in the snow.

Looking forward to having her home next week.

larry5 we live about 15 miles from Bath and DS thinking of doing a PGCE in MFL at Bath (living at home) following his degree but early days yet. Has year abroad, hopefully working as a language asst first - this should give him a good idea whether teaching is for him.

Doesn't it go quickly? Can't believe that when he goes back he'll only have 6 weeks then he's halfway through his 4 year course. Seems like only yesterday he was a fresher.

A couple of his friends are stuck at Uni as the weather is too bad where they live to risk the journey at the moment. Glad DS came home when he did.

Dd is coming home on Easter Sunday having had her final lecture on Thursday. She will only go back for her exams and then after 2 and a half years she will be home for good.

I am amazed how quickly the time has gone since she started and how much she has grown up. Mind you studying hasn't finished as she will be going to Bath Spa in September to do a PGCE in secondary maths but as we only live 8 miles from Bath she will be living at home.

That's a bit of an epic journey fussy - I bet you're glad he's finally home!

DD2 is coming home on monday and DD1 can't decide what day she wants to travel. She may make a decision after the weekend or maybe not

Well he finally got in at 11.30pm after 8hours on trains!

DS travelling home today - hope he doesn't get delayed by the weather. It's 6 hours on 3 trains as it is and he is not scheduled to arrive home until 9.30pm. Really looking forward to seeing him for the first time since Xmas.

Wishing all your DCs a safe journey home and a happy Easter holiday.

Missing mine too Fussy. She was all set to come home for the weekend but phoned Friday to say there are roadworks on the bus route home and it was going to take her 6 hours to do the 60 mile bus/train trip. I told her to stay there and we'll see her in a fortnight.

Mother's Day and he's not here . I've had to make do with a lovely card, a long phone call (instigated by him) and a voucher for a pedicure. Still less than 2 weeks 'til he's home and I can give him a big thank you hug

fussychica -

Great news mumof3- think we'll be waiting for at least another month

Well DS3 has just found out he has got his first choice placement in Germany next year which is great news. Just waiting on the Austria placement now.....

DD1 found that the Department was very keen to send students to Columbia and Mexico. She was tempted (--I put her off--) but now she is sorting out the insurance for the year..........she's pleased.

DD1 doesn't travel light. How on earth does she get there?

She went to Seville in her gap year (near airport) and had a weekend in Granada.

Neither really harbinger - no rhyming slang and not that difficult to understand but a rather relaxed, some might say, lazy Spanish, dropping letters especially s at the end of words and even whole words sometimes . His tutors sometimes criticize his accent which he has been brought up with -( Spanish people can tell where in Spain he comes from) Of course they wouldn't do it if it was English

Like mumof3 jealous of it being sorted but pleased for her. However, with only the one DC I know I have it easy just doesn't feel like it sometimes

I love the idea of cockney Spanish fussy I'm not sure if I can get my head round that? Do you mean Spanish rhyming slang or that their accent is quite hard to understand (like Geordie)?
mumof3teens Yes. First choice, I had everything crossed (some of the time,for her!). Supporting 2 at Uni, in the same year {grrr}

Harbinger that sounds great - was it her 1st choice? Good to know now, so that she can plan unlike DS3 her year.

Hi harbinger lucky girl - Granada is a lovely smallish city which can get very hot, though she'll be home by the time the real heat kicks in!

Spanish people are generally very welcoming and appreciate any attempt at Spanish, unlike some other places in Europe. The Andalucian accent is a bit like cockney Spanish as my DS has found to his cost sometimes!

Sorry don't know anything about the actual university but here's the link to the Uni web page, in English,if you haven't seen it already.

www.ugr.es/en/

Hi, Life, Fussy,mumof3
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DD1 has got a place at Granada and she is so pleased.
I know a lot of you are fluent in Spanish.
Is this a good place ?

sandripples that's lovely to hear.

DS is looking forward to it and the challenges it will bring. He's a fairly confident lad so I hope he'll get a lot out of it - not least, bringing his French closer to the level of his Spanish.

Hi, I studied languages and did a year in France as undergrad, then another one as postgrad. Just want to say there is an advantage to being in one place for the whole year, rather than splitting, as it takes a few months to settle, find friends etc, so if you stay longer you get the benefit of the investment of time, rather than starting all over again. I still have some friends from that year out, over 30 years ago!

My DD did her year in Germany and loved it.

It a great learning experience.

Mumof3teens - DS2 isn't in his final year but in between Years 2 and 3 - though not really "in between" as the marks for the international year are 25% of final marks for degree. So no easy year abroad - he's found that the final year US courses are as difficult as those in the UK and his university will only let him take courses that he hasn't substantially covered before in his course (or would have to take in his final year) and are relevant to his degree. Also, he seems to have exams every month.
Despite that he's managing to have a good time (particularly as he can ski every weekend at the moment).

Ah yes I remember your posts lilymaid. DS1 found out on Tues that he has got his 1st choice SHO job (so has been earning for 18 months )and DS2 is a 4th yr Dental student (only 1 more year to go). Will be wonderful when we don't have to support 2 at Uni . Is it unusual to do international in final yr ?

I'm also an early poster on this thread - DS1 was going into his 2nd year when this thread started in 2006 (now has MSc + 3 years employment under his belt). DS 2 still has another year after this (International) year to complete his course. Hopefully he'll get a job at the end and Bank of Mum will not be so stretched.

Bet you aren't . We will have had one or more DS at uni for 10 years (at least) by the time DS3 finishes

Wow - 2006 - you really are an old hand experienced in this Uni stuff mumof3. I've only got the one and that's hard enough. Despite that, if truth be told, I'm probably older than you.

Just realised that I was the 2nd poster on this thread waaaay back in Aug 2006 when DS1 had just finished his first year at Uni - makes me feel v v old....