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從30度到零下30度、從生活節奏急促到慢條斯理、從滿街華人到白膚金髮，這半年在一個與香港截然不同的城市—芬蘭的坦佩雷 (Tampere)當交流生的日子，實在難忘。學習被指歐洲最難學的語言—芬蘭語、試過在冰天雪地跳入冰湖、走出宿舍抬頭便可看到北極光、跟來自巴西的朋友學跳森巴舞、看冰上曲棍球比賽、遊歷歐洲各地……文化與生活上的差異，沒有令我退縮，反而讓我好奇，使我更有勇氣超越自己、更熱衷去體驗各種新事物。

我透過聯合書院的交流計劃到了瑞士的洛桑大學進行為期一個學期的交流。洛桑是位於法語區、日內瓦湖旁的一個小鎮，可說是一個景色優美的大學城。由於語言限制，我無法選修與本科直接相關的人文學科科目。但大學提供各種不同類型的法文課程，讓我能從不同方面進修法文。而法語區亦為我提供了在香港所沒有的機會在日常生活中練習，使我的法文大大進步。

去外地交流亦為我提供了一個很好的機會去認識來自不同背景的人和不同文化，那是無法在書本學習到的。語言並不能成為與人真心交流的障礙，只要願意放膽去講，絕對可以交到一班知心好友。

多倫多是我從沒想過踏足的地方。那裡文化多元，沒有人會問你從哪裡來；大學功課繁重，學生們聽課一字不漏地打筆記，但週末還是會派對狂歡；店舖假日會關門，人們有的是family life。這趟交流，我行過結冰積雪的湖，吃過用樹枝拮的s’more，坐上過以為會被打劫的的士，用十八磅乾冰做了關於李波事件的裝置藝術，還交了些朋友。最冷的冬天在魁北克城，最熱的夏天在美國加州，最美好的體驗是在這個應份任性的年紀，當一趟大學交換生。加拿大是我會想念的地方，那裡的我沒有壓力，只有不斷探索和成長。

I joined the exchange programme to the Örebro University of Sweden in year 2015-2016. The programme is offered by my college (Chung Chi), in which students can have more choices on one-year programme that allow a deeper immersion into the local culture. Besides the convenience of travelling around Europe, participating in the orientation programme there as both new student (1st term) and organiser (2nd term) is unforgettable too. As it make me built up friendships with both the local and international students from different cultural background, which is one of the best part of my exchange experience.

I am a fresh graduate student from Cultural Management Programme in 2016. I participated a short exchange programme to Taiwan in May 2015. This five-day-long exchange programme was organized by our department and Taipei National University of the Arts. In this exchange programme, I visited several Cultural Parks (文創園區) in Taipei such as Songshan Cultural and Creative Park (松山文創園區) and Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914文化創意產業園區). I was glad to visit some graduation exhibitions held by undergraduate students who are studying in Taipei. I had an opportunity to explore their exhibitions which were related to Comics designs, Music and Dance performing arts fields. This experience inspires me to explore and reflect the connection between cultural and creative industries and our major subject Cultural Management.

相比起自由自在的旅行，交流團固然缺少了彈性，但卻能夠提供一些自己旅行時不會有的經驗。這次北京文化交流之旅最難得的經驗，想必是親身與中央音樂學院、戲曲學院及人民大學的學生對話。平日的課堂中，固然會提及其他地方與文化管理有關的案例，但是因為只能夠透過文字紀錄了解當地的情況，往往難以有更深刻的體會，所以是次文化交流中，內地學生們分享對內地業界環境，以及自己個別的想法，都使我獲益良多，對內地文化管理相關事務有了更多的理解。