Bonjour, Being homesick might be the lowest part of your exchange. You feel as if there is no hope and all you want to do is go home. It is super hard to pull yourself from the family, friends and lifestyle that you have always known when you are in a completely new enviorment with […]
Category: Tips & Tricks
Bonjour, The first day of school may be one of your scariest moments abroad. You will finally go to school and see all of your teachers and meet some of your future best friends. This may be a little more overwhelming for some people that may not know the language as well, but trust me […]
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, 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. […]