Tessa Barker

Tessa Barker

Prime Minister’s Scholarship for Asia, Chinese Language Study Abroad

Introduction

My name is Tessa, and I study Law, Communications and Chinese at the University of Auckland. I’m travelling to Taiwan this summer to improve my Chinese and experience somewhere new. I love reading and writing and am already looking forward to recording my travel experiences in this blog!

  • ‘Leuven the Dream’: #3 🇧🇪

    When I left my last blog off it was nearing the end of April. Now July, much warmer and much less busy (with the intensity of exams thankfully now being over), my last section of Belgium has just come to an end- but this makes it much more fun to reminisce. After the mid-semester break…Continue…

  • ‘Leuven the Dream’ #2 🇧🇪

    Kia ora friends and whānau, and welcome back to Belgium! It’s been a few months since I arrived in February for my semester exchange to study law at KU Leuven, and there have been a few changes (unlike the weather, which I was really hoping would be warmer by now 😒)- so let me get…Continue…

  • ‘Leuven’ the Dream: a Belgian Blog 🍻

    Kia ora friends, fellow kiwis and future exchange students alike! My name is Tess and I’m writing to you from Leuven, Belgium, where I’m spending a semester exchange to study law (and just be ‘Leuven’ the dream in general 🤪). I’m nearing the end of my second week here, and am rapidly trying to adopt…Continue…