Finding yourself - and the world - on Erasmus
The Erasmus exchange programme is not just about study, writes Aisling Redden
For students, one of the most tangible features of the EU is the Erasmus program. Photograph: Getty Images
Last November I turned twenty years old, and in order to celebrate I invited a group of nine friends to a small Tuscan wine bar in the old city or città vecchia of Trieste. I was on an Erasmus year abroad and had been living in the small city in the north-east of Italy since September.