What to Expect From Study Abroad
Posted December 12, 2016
Looking back over these last three and a half months, it’s hard to sum up exactly what this experience has meant to me. It...Category: France
“You are not just my study-abroad friends”
Posted December 7, 2016
Up until 6th grade, my family moved a lot. Ottawa to different parts of Toronto to Chicago. Every time, my mom always said, “home...
Hemingway’s Paris
Posted December 1, 2016
My host brother is singing dangerously loud in his room across the hall from me. I’ve picked up a new read for the daily Metro...
Paris, What Can’t You Do?
Posted November 16, 2016
Hello from Charles De Gaulle International Airport! It seems like ages since I last introduced myself to you all. I will blame this...
Bury Me at L’Assignat
Posted November 11, 2016
The other day, James and I were ambling around in our neighborhood, St. Germain des Prés. We were almost home, around the corner from...
Was EU studies the right program?
Posted November 11, 2016
Probably no one would discourage you from going abroad, and odds are that if the credits line up and the location sounds appealing, you’ll...
The Crisis of the Toilette
Posted November 1, 2016
Just days into our new life in Paris, my roommate James and I faced what I can only describe as a minor crisis. We...
Oh Hi There Mona! Nice to See You Again.
Posted October 21, 2016
I have always been an introvert—as much as I love going out and dancing with other foreign students every Friday night, I crave to...
The Pros and Cons of Sightseeing Solo
Posted October 5, 2016
A month into my stay in Paris, I’ve hit about a million sights– and I still have about a million to go. After the...
Unified Theory of Paris
Posted September 27, 2016
In the 28 days that I’ve inhabited France and French culture, like Ariana and Rishika before me, I’ve been hyper vigilant of my surroundings...