Happy Australia Day, everybody!
If you’re not currently on a SWAP Australia working holiday adventure, here are a few fun sites to help you celebrate from your computer:
1- Colourful Brisbane
2- Josh’s 1-minute video
3- Lauren’s awesome blog: Lateral Movements
4- Matthew’s SWAP adventure blog
Enjoy!
Think Paris is only café crème and romantic walks along the Seine? Think again!
Paris is all about strange street art, creepy dog cemeteries, and taxidermied rats. I especially love this skeleton/sewer grate painting. Check out Cool Stuff in Paris, a truly cool and unique blog!
And, hey, SWAPPERS: send in your own cool discoveries in your destinations and we’ll post them here! swapinfo@swap.ca
Melanie discovers unique and amazing London
Check out Melanie’s blog about her working holiday in London! Postcards Without Postage features her amazing pictures of all the nooks and crannies around town.
And she’s really taking advantage of her SWAP experience to discover Bruges and Milan and we’re just a tad jealous.
Every year, SWAP gets calls from worried parents who haven’t heard from their globe-trotting kids. It’s hard to remember to call home when you’re having too much fun on the other side of the world!
Melanie from Have Snark Will Travel found this helpful reminder.
Pack your passport!
We just discovered this amazing and very helpful blog for any of you thinking about going on SWAP Australia.
Check out Beverley’s blog, Pack Your Passport, which includes fantastic entries on what NOT to pack, what to do in Syndey for cheap, how to save up before you leave, and how travel makes you a better decision-maker.
Happy New Year, everyone! We hope 2012 will be full of travel, new experiences, and discoveries.
photo credit: bootsnall.com
Where in the world will you be ringing in the New Year? If you’re not sure yet, check out these amazing places to party like it’s 2011.
And what about resolutions? This list of 18 Travel Resolutions from BootsnAll is really inspiring… Check it out here.
Happy new year!
Bonne et heureuse année!
Laurinda in Ireland
Extra extra, read all about it! Hot off the Vancouver presses, check out this travel feature about Laurinda’s SWAP experience on Straight.com!
This is the accent you can look forward to picking up in NZ. Happy holidays to all our SWAPPERS abroad, and all of you planning to SWAP in the New Year!
Erika, SWAP UK
by ashleaabroad
Getting a working holiday visa may sound like a daunting task, but the truth is that it’s not all that hard. People who choose to go with an organisation, like SWAP, will find the process even easier! Here are the steps that I took to get my working holiday visa
We just put this ad in this at the Manitoban, the Univerisity of Manitoba’s official student newspaper.
Nice page layout, eh? We can’t argue that our SWAPPERS don’t enjoy a cold one as much as the next guy!
As Ashlea writes: “I’ve been living on a shoestring budget ever since I started saving for my move to Germany. It can get tough, but with the right mindset, the money can really add up quickly and you’ll be that much closer to your traveling goals.” See how here
Taking photos is free too!
Ok, we’ve done lists like this before…and we’ll do it again, and they’ll always be different because there are so many amazing and free things to do in Europe. Mel, our Travel CUTS manager at Western (where you can register for SWAP) picks her top choices
Check out Josh’s 1 minute video. Warning: it made 2 people in the SWAP office immediately start fantasizing about their future working holidays to OZ Trip in a minute: Josh
By Candace Rardon
I went to New Zealand on a working holiday, looking for a year-long, fixed-term job. Shortly after arriving, I changed my mind and decided to split my year between three cities, working my way around the country to make the most of my time. If you’re headed to New Zealand, here are five jobs to keep in mind to minimize work stress abroad.
For more info on SWAP New Zealand have a look here
Lauren
Lauren is our new hero. Read about the sweet skills she picked up while on a working holiday in Australia. She was a strawberry picker, a bungee trampoline operator, carny, and morning cleaner. Do yourself a favour and read about her hilarious and inspiring adventures here
Katie
Katie has left the Ottawa Valley to embark on a SWAP Germany adventure. Follow her hilarious blog for tips on job hunting, issues with German baking instruments, and warnings about Google translate.
Up Helly Aa, takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year. This FIRE FESTIVAL involves a series of marches and visitations, culminating in a torch-lit procession and the burning of a galley. This is followed by hours of performing and dancing in halls throughout Lerwick. Sounds like a great time to us! Find out more here
This city guide featured in Design Sponge comes from Julia Schromm, a community manager at the tourism app development company, Zooners. Julia is also a blogger on the Zooners City Blog, writing about the various wonders of Vienna. Today she shares some of those wonders with us, including the spectacular shops, coffee houses and restaurants the city has to offer. Thanks, Julia, for this great tour through Vienna! — Stephanie
Check out the City Guide Here
If you’re interested in living and working in Austria find out how with SWAP Austria
