A day in the life

Spend a day in the life of Estelle, an Erasmus student from France.

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This is a typical day in the life of Estelle, an Erasmus student from the Université de Rennes II in France. She is studying English.

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Estelle lives in Fallowfield, where there are numerous halls of residence for students. Finding accommodation was really easy - a couple days after speaking to the accommodation team she was moving into her new room.

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Like most students, Estelle starts her day by catching a bus to university. It only takes about ten minutes and there are lots if buses connecting the student living areas with the university campus - in fact, the main Oxford Road bus route is said to be the busiest in Europe, so there's no excuse for being late!

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Estelle stopped by at the library to pick up some books for her assignment. With over four million books and a wealth of electronic resources, the John Rylands University Library is one of the largest and best-resourced in the UK.

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Estelle called in at the International Society, where she picked up a brochure on new events for international students, before heading for the Student Union bar to meet a friend for a drink.

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There are a range of food outlets across campus, catering for all diets and tastes. Estelle went to the food hall at University Place where she got some lunch in a cafe.

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At the end of her classes, Estelle caught the bus into the city centre where she did some shopping on Market Street and at the Arndale Shopping Centre.

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