On Paris metro 5 right now: service from place d’italie to bobigny/Pablo Picasso. Speaking of Pablo Picasso, I was graced with the opportunity to go to the Picasso Mania a few days ago at the Musee d’Orsay. For free! Technically, most publicly operated museums and tourist attractions around Europe grant free entrance to only EU…
Category: France: IAU College
Wtf is a budget?
I have learned that me and money have a very negative relationship with each other. My mind says yes but my wallet says no. What even is a budget? Still a concept I’m not familiar with. Traveling to Paris, Prague, and Vienna this fall break helped me realize I need to work on my spending…
Trapped in Paradise
A learning moment while studying abroad occurred during my visit to Cannes, France. Located only 2.5-3 hours from Aix-en-Provence, Cannes is the world renown location of the Cannes Film Festival and vacation spot of some of earth’s wealthiest inhabitants. Unfortunately for me, I did not have this luxurious experience. Cannes had the worst rain it…
October pt. I
First half of Octobre came and went pretty fast. In one week I’ll have finished mid-terms and be outward bound for Paris and Rome and more Paris.. fall break. I wonder what I would’ve done for fall break at Rollins, were I back home. I wonder what everyone else did. I can’t remember what I…
End of September
Almost a month now into Aix-en-Provence. The end of September and it’s time to write another 250 words. France has been treating me very well. Last I left you, I had visited Paris, Champagne, La Ciota, and Nice. I also spent a day on the beautiful beaches of St. Tropez where the water is so…
The French Way
Coming to a close to my third/ fourth week in Aix-en-Provence. I still think I’m in a haze. It doesn’t really feel as if I am here, I just feel as if I am going to college in a different state and in this state they just don’t exactly speak English. As a result of…
10 Days in
France is funny. It’s more foreign than I thought it would be. I spent a month in Rwanda; I knew that would be foreign. I expected it. There was no real surprise or difference in Rwanda. I’ve spent a day in Brussels before, and a week in Madrid when I was 14. Brussels…
Le Cuisine and Host Mom
Coming to the end of my first week in Aix, the beauty of the city has far exceeded my expectations. I still speak no French and my host mom doesn’t speak English either (at least she claims to). The cuisine of France is interesting. My host mom made the infamous ratatouille but a regional kind…
Anticipation for SoFra
As I procrastinate on my packing for SoFra (South France) I am thinking about my hopes and expectations on what the experience will bring. Typically the thought of studying abroad brings expectations of traveling to neighboring countries, wild nights with fellow students, and getting lost in a country where you don’t speak the language. I…