Author: cpedepratlamechinou@rollins.edu

There’s an episode in ‘Friends’ where Rachel moves out of the apartment, starts crying and yells “it’s the end of an era”. That is exactly how I felt leaving Jacobs. Even though it was only four months, I felt a sort of sorrow thinking of leaving. So many people asked me how I felt to…

There’s an expression my mom loves to use in French, “c’est le compte à rebours”. It means that the countdown has started, and something is coming close to an end. Whilst we were skyping she said that to me and it hit me that I only have a month left here. I had a moment of…

It’s that time again for the monthly blog and I can’t believe how quickly time has passed. A lot has happened in these few weeks, starting with the cold. It’s unbelievable how much the temperature has dropped these past few weeks and I feel as if I am just not built for the cold, I…

I can’t believe an entire month has passed since I’ve been in Germany. I won’t lie, the first week and a half of school was extremely hard and I was even almost regretting my decision to do a study abroad program. It was just such a drastic change and I had trouble finding a constant…

I am Celia Pedeprat-Lamechinou, biochemistry major on the pre-vet track and from Bordeaux, France. The countdown for my semester abroad in Germany started months ago and has dwindled to simply 2 days left. Leaving home has always been a challenge for most people but Germany is closer to home than Florida. I grew up in…