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下雨勿撐傘，愛爾蘭 by 丸人（Rubi Yuen） (2015-2016 愛爾蘭)

陌生人也會跟你微笑、跟你抱怨下雨天、跟你感嘆太陽伯伯終於出現。每次坐巴士的時候，下車也會跟司機說Thanks！拿著行李上車，通常也有乘客自動前來幫忙...

(Chinese version only)

A travellers stop in Hong Kong by Adele (2017 Hong Kong)

I loved the flexibility I had with being able to work to fund my travels, and being in Hong Kong is a great hub for travelling to other spots...

(只有英文版本)

到歐洲追逐體育夢 by Agnes (2016-2017 英國/德國)

德國人的運動意識尤其強烈，普通人都會很早起床做運動，街道上四處都是單車徑，花式跳繩在這裡也相當流行，我還在慕尼黑的一個舉重比賽贏得獎牌呢...

(Chinese version only)

澳洲首都不是悉尼 by Jacky 晞 (2011-2012 澳洲)

雖然以上經驗未必在香港受用，去工作假期更會被標籤為一定是摘生果，甚至是「廢青」才會去。但在我而言，即使是摘生果一樣可以學到很多東西...

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在大阪的九龍人工作假期奮鬥史 by 喬志森 (2016-2017 日本)

我自15歲便開始學日文，早已達到N1程度。想當初學日文的原因不過是因為喜歡日本動漫和打機，也沒有特別想去日本旅遊。但在讀日文的過程中，漸漸覺得日本文化很博大精深...

(Chinese version only)

去德國工作假期使鬼識德文，有膽就得啦 by Gilbert (2010-2011 德國)

在柏林，很多地方定期會辦Volksküche（大眾廚房），即用很相宜的價錢（1-2€），甚至是捐獻的模式，讓客人吃一頓熱騰騰的晚餐，而食物多由超市裡人們丟棄的快過期或已過期食品製成...

(Chinese version only)

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