April 30th, 2016 When studying in Europe, multiple things influence the facility of travel. If you’re lucky enough, you wont have class on a Monday or Friday, which will give you the opportunity to really enjoy your weekends. I was really lucky to have family friends that lived around Europe, so my roommate and I…
Category: France: IAU College
The Academic Change
March 28th, 2016 I’m going to talk a little bit about the academics of IAU. I feel like that is something that I didn’t know very much about when I went into the program. IAU is an American university institution here in France. In my particular case, I chose to take classes that would count…
The Homestay Option
March 3rd, 2016 I want to talk a little about the process of the homestay, because it is an option for certain study abroad programs and I didn’t know very much about it when I went in. Here in France, I live in a large home that is a little bit outside the city. I…
The French Integration
I’ve been in France for about 2 weeks now, and many things have happened. Upon arrival, I was notified of very many rules that make life a little different. For one, I am not allowed to shower more than once a day, for more than five minutes. I am not allowed to flush the toilet…
The Provençal
I leave for France soon. I’ll be studying in Aix-en-Provence, located in the south of France. To be honest, I don’t even know how to pronounce the name. The closer I get to the departure date, the more real it seems. I’m starting to see pictures of the house I’ll be staying at, and meeting…
How was France?
To sum it up in one word, interesting. My experience abroad was unlike any other travel or college experience. I traveled to places you only dream of seeing. I studied in a location made famous by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. I drank wine that you cannot find in the United States. I took a…
December
The south of France sure helped take the *ber* out of December. Ha… But I guess it hasn’t been so chilly back home in Maine either. Back home, balmy snow-adverse temperatures of 52º are laughing at my wish for a white Christmas. Lot’s of artificial white around here though, in Aix, and it’s been here…
Nov. pt.2
I can’t believe how the time passes. November slipped away from me quickly as I passed its last weekend in Greece, without computer, forgetting to upload the posts I had written on previous plane rides: here’s the last half of November’s documentation; November Part 2 What else can I say? The second half of November…
Woah! Where did the month go? Nov. pt.1
I can’t believe how the time passes. November slipped away from me quickly as I passed its last weekend in Greece, without computer, forgetting to upload the posts I had written on previous plane rides: here’s the first half of November’s documentation; November, part I. What else can I say? November’s been fantastic so far….
Tu Parles Français?
Why are you studying in Aix if you don’t speak french? This is a question I have had to answer many times in my 3 months of being here. I 1) chose Aix-en-Provence for the location and it’s beauty and 2) was not required to know the language prior to being in France. It has…