Hello, My family and I were staying in Fort Collins, CO. There came a day that we didn’t know what we wanted to do so we decided that since Cheyenne, WY was only a one-hour drive, we should spend the day there. We were crunched on time, yet we had an awesome day. So, with that […]
Bonjour, We all know that time when you go on vacation and realize that you way over packed. If you know that feeling you also probably know the feeling of wishing you had brought something but didn’t. Now, this is the just vacation! When going on exchange every single bit of extra space and every […]
Bonjour, Packing for exchange is probably one of the things you may read a ton of blogs about and watch youtube videos just to try and nail the hard task. Then you still fail miserably. (aka me!) So I hope that after reading this you will do a little better than I did! Here are […]
Bonjour, I have now been in France for a total of two months! Already! It is absolutely how crazy the time flies. I would have to say that was the fastest two months of my life. In the last month my french has defiantly improved more than I could have every thought. In class it […]
Bonjour! This time here has been going by so fast. I feel as if just yesterday i was boarding the plane for this amazing life. I haven’t really been updating my blog because between school, homework, translating, and well living the french life I have been incredibly busy. I have been making videos to show […]
Bonjour, Leaving my friends and family is probably the hardest part of this journey but it will all be worth it! Orientation was all together great! I was really nervous when I landed in New York! I didn’t know what to expect, I didn’t know how many people there was going to be, how it […]
Bonjour, When you land in your new country that you will now call home, you may be experiencing a thousand feelings running through your body at the same time. When you arrive there is no telling how tired you will be but lets just say SLEEP ON THE PLANE! When I landed I had maybe […]
Bonjour, Now that you have made it through orientation it is time to go and meet your host family. This post will have lots of references to France, yet it can apply to anyone going to any country. So here are four tips on your first encounter with your family. 1. Take a deep breath. […]
Bonjour, First things first, take a deep breath because it may seem scary because you don’t know anyone or this is your first time without your parents connected at your hip, but it is the first step to the best semester or year of your life. So with that being said here are five things […]
Bonjour, The visa practice is very different from country to country so I will be talking about France but there may be some things that could help you in yours even though it’s not the same country. First of all, don’t do anything containing your visa until you get notified by AFS to do so. […]