Apologies for the delay since my last blog, exam period and my final few weeks turned out to be rather hectic! Luckily to get me through, my Dad had very kindly brought me an advent calendar when he came to visit, meaning I was able to have a chocolate count down to my return to England as well as to Christmas!

Over exam period I managed to fit in lots of Christmas shopping (online, I was thinking ahead!), festive farewells, and my favourite event – making mince pies with a fellow English student and introducing them to everyone else, with varying reactions! We also discovered various customs that are unique to different countries, such as in Greenland, where the whole family holds hands, dances around the Christmas tree whilst singing and then they dance round the whole house, in and out of all of the different rooms. Perhaps a…