Top 100 International Exchange & Experience Blogs 2009
IX09 (International Exchange & Experience 2009) is the latest competition from bab.la and Lexiophiles looking for the best blogs on the web.
This particular list is to celebrate all the adventurous, brave and open-minded young people out there who have decided to leave the comforts of home, their families, their native language and their mother’s cooking behind for an international experience. The people writing the blogs below are either high school or university exchange students, young interns working abroad, or people who support these students and interns from behind the scenes.
To read more about how and why we put this list together, please click here. We have also created some IX09 buttons that you can put onto your blog.
| 1. | La Mia Vita Italiana | |
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American high school student in Italy (English) | |
| 2. | Jace's Road to Japan | |
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Australian student heads to Kansai Gaidai University in Japan (English) | |
| 3. | Auslandssemester in Ronneby | |
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Austrian exchange student living in Sweden (German) | |
| 4. | Entrevistando Expatriados | |
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Interviews with Brazilians currently living abroad (Portuguese) | |
| 5. | Path of an Ambassador to New Zealand | |
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American AFS student and his adventures in New Zealand (English) | |
| 6. | Alex*Blogger - субъективные наблюдения за жизнью | |
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Life of a student from Russia in Dortmund University (Russian) | |
| 7. | Åsmund Abroad | |
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Norwegian student currently studying in France (English) | |
| 8. | The Badgers Abroad blog | |
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Collection of UW-Madison students studying abroad (English) | |
| 9. | Mel und Flo in Australia | |
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German couple doing a semester in sunny Brisbane, Australia at the Queensland University of Technology (German) | |
| 10. | International Higher Education Consulting Blog TM | |
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A source for news on international education and public diplomacy (English) | |
| 11. | An American who completed business school in Barcelona, Spain and now lives in France (English) | |
| 12. | Brazilian working with Aiesec in Mauritius, Africa (Portuguese) | |
| 13. | Louise - a girl studying abroad in California in 09/10 (Swedish) | |
| 14. | Two Germans studying abroad in Hong Kong (German) | |
| 15. | Currently working with Aiesec International, is traveling all around Europe (and the world) for work and getting to know lots of new countries (Portuguese) | |
| 16. | Experiences from someone from Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, currently doing an internship in Hamburg, Germany (Portuguese) | |
| 17. | A Frenchman's adventures in Bolivia (French) | |
| 18. | Brazilian describing her magical experience in two totally different countries: Poland and Germany (Portuguese) | |
| 19. | German student and intern in Morocco (German) | |
| 20. | French ERASMUS student living in Helsinki for a year (French) | |
| 21. | German International Business Studies students in San Diego, USA (German) | |
| 22. | German exchange student in Brazil (German) | |
| 23. | Brazilian doing an internship in Budapest, Hungary (Portuguese) | |
| 24. | German High School student exchange in Texas, USA (German) | |
| 25. | My adventures in Indian Lands - Minhas aventuras em terras Indianas (Portuguese) | |
| 26. | German intern and adventurer and his world travels and work experience (English) | |
| 27. | Brian blogs about his exchange experience in Sweden (English) | |
| 28. | Brazilian doing an internship as an English teacher for kids in India (Portuguese) | |
| 29. | A Spaniard in Lithuania (English) | |
| 30. | Kevin Görner about daily life as an exchange student (German) | |
| 31. | Fourteen College students in 12 countries across 4 continents (English) | |
| 32. | New Zealand AFS exchange student and her experiences in Japan (English) | |
| 33. | Collection of blogs from AFS New Zealand students around the world (English) | |
| 34. | Katrin writes about her experiences and adventures as a German living and working in Austria and Switzerland (German) | |
| 35. | Swedish exchange student and her American experiences (Swedish) | |
| 36. | Uneconomical economy students with a taste for life currently living in China, studying and living like kings. Who wouldn't want to read about that? (Swedish) | |
| 37. | Year spent in Copenhagen as an Erasmus student (English) | |
| 38. | Life Journal of a student about international student life (Russian) | |
| 39. | Adventures of a Colombian girl who got an Erasmus Mundus scholarship (Spanish) | |
| 40. | Japanese living in North Germany (Japanese) | |
| 41. | American high school student preparing for his year exchange in Germany (English) | |
| 42. | Swedish intern working in Spain and the UK (English) | |
| 43. | Study, travel and adventures (German) | |
| 44. | Italian living and working in London (Italian) | |
| 45. | Japanese living in Italy (Japanese) | |
| 46. | Japanese living in Paris, France (Japanese) | |
| 47. | 17 year old Swedish girl preparing for a year studying abroad in Australia (Swedish) | |
| 48. | Student from Russia narrates about wonderful architecture in Poland (Russian) | |
| 49. | Student from RF lives and works in US, and gives tips to newcomers (Russian) | |
| 50. | Italian living in Turkey (Italian) | |
| 51. | An exchange student from Taiwan, now studying in Sweden. Hej! Hur mör du? (English) | |
| 52. | New Zealander doing a one-year high school AFS exchange in Chile (English) | |
| 53. | Polish exchange student spending a year in the “wild west” of Texas! (Polish) | |
| 54. | Following the life of a Rotary exchange student to Sweden (English) | |
| 55. | An American high school student (AFS programme) and her 11 months in Brazil, the land of Futebol, forests, beaches and friendly people! (English) | |
| 56. | Collective blog written by group of AGRADU interns living and working in Africa (English) | |
| 57. | Polish exchange student in China (Polish) | |
| 58. | Brazilian doing an internship at IBM in Canada (Portuguese) | |
| 59. | French students' adventures in New Zealand (French) | |
| 60. | Frenchman’s adventures in New Zealand (French) | |
| 61. | American AFS exchange student and her adventures in Japan (English) | |
| 62. | The travels and adventures of German university student, Jens (German) | |
| 63. | American exchange student in India (English) | |
| 64. | German exchange student in Australia (German) | |
| 65. | German University student completing a semester abroad (German) | |
| 66. | Adventures of foreign students in China (English) | |
| 67. | German student in Dublin, Ireland (German) | |
| 68. | German living in Rauma, Finland (German) | |
| 69. | Spanish ERASMUS student living in Lithuania (Spanish) | |
| 70. | Japanese, living in Germany (Japanese) | |
| 71. | Brazilian in Liberia, Africa (Portuguese) | |
| 72. | Brazilian in Portugal (Portuguese) | |
| 73. | German living and travelling in Finland (German) | |
| 74. | Life as Erasmus exchange student at IIM-Bangalore last year... and now starting a new life in India as an Expat (English) | |
| 75. | Brazilian in Portugal (Portuguese) | |
| 76. | Japanese living in Paris, France (Japanese) | |
| 77. | Canadian exchange student and his German experience (English) | |
| 78. | An American girl travels to a foreign place… (English) | |
| 79. | Swiss exchange student in the USA (German) | |
| 80. | German studying in Singapore (German) | |
| 81. | Japanese, learning at Harvard Uni in USA (Japanese) | |
| 82. | The story of 2 humanitarian missions in Ghana, the adventures and rewarding shared experience (French) | |
| 83. | Japanese student living in Finland (Japanese) | |
| 84. | Japanese, living in Denmark (Japanese) | |
| 85. | Japanese living in Italy (Japanese) | |
| 86. | Carnets de voyages (French) | |
| 87. | Brazilian in Poland (Portuguese) | |
| 88. | Collection of International internships and TEFL blogs (English) | |
| 89. | Japanese, living in Bradford, UK (Japanese) | |
| 90. | German completing a semester abroad at Michigan State University, USA (German) | |
| 91. | Polish exchange student spending a year in Singapore (Polish) | |
| 92. | Business school student was selected to write in their blog for a year while studying (Spanish) | |
| 93. | Collection of West Virginia Uni students studying abroad (English) | |
| 94. | German exchange student in Ecuador (German) | |
| 95. | A Mexican girl studying in Spain (Spanish) | |
| 96. | Turkish language blog about Erasmus adventures in Poland (Turkish) | |
| 97. | Adventures as an Erasmus student in Rennes, France (Spanish) | |
| 98. | French ENSAIA Student in China (French) | |
| 99. | The diary of a German student in Helsinki (German) | |
| 100. | A blog from a French Newspaper about French people living in London (French) |
Thanks to everyone that wrote, nominated or read these blogs! We hope to see you back on Lexiophiles soon, and look forward to seeing your contributions to the bab.la dictionaries.