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Mon amour, Valerie Matron - Paris - French Studies, Fall 2008
Posted on January 6th, 2009 Blogs, France, Paris - French Studies |
Have you ever been in love? I have. Once I thought, but perhaps a few other times as well.
I presume it is terribly cliché to say that Paris was a love of mine. And even if cliché isn’t the right word it is certain that she has been loved by many. Even after [...]
Today is the day Trinity’s new term begins. However, since I have left Ireland, I’m still enjoying my holidays at home in China before returning to the U.S. later in January. As I have been reviewing the photos I have taken while in the Emerald Isle, I realized, more than ever, that what defines this [...]
Until I returned from London to my hometown of Gainesville, Georgia, there was one question that “adults” would ask that always topped my “most hated questions” list: “So Sarah, what do you think you’d like to do after you graduate?” Most of my friends hate this question for one simple reason: they don’t have an [...]
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Travels Roxanne Zerbonia - Buenos Aires, Fall 2008
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 Argentina, Blogs, Buenos Aires |
I couldn’t escape them. The buzzing got louder and louder, despite the faster we ran. “Get them away from me!” screamed Emma. Aly had already taken off down the trail, flailing her hands in every direction in a desperate attempt to fend them off. What had started as a slow-paced nature trek through Villa a [...]
I have given the phenomenon of studying abroad a lot of thought lately.
Many students come from the US to Europe—forgive the brutal honesty here—because the workload is notoriously easier, the booze cheaper and the drinking-age lower. I do not see this as condemnable in itself, although people up in Chicago may disagree. My point rather [...]
Some final tidbits and thoughts I have stored like a hamster over the past month to share with my unseen, unknown, and unlikely blog readers (not that this blog has not been popular, I am happy to hear, quite the contrary, that is has been flourishing. I was rather referring to the fact that my [...]
For the majority of my time abroad, I have thought about how exciting it will be to go back home. (Especially after being gone for so long, and then returning home during the most festive time of the year.) But in my last couple weeks in Barcelona, I could only think about how [...]
As the train pulls up, I hold back my sigh of frustration. People are packed into each carriage like a deck of cards in its box — except a few stray cards from another deck have found their way inside, forcing the cards to strain against the box. Individuals fill up the aisles, as well [...]
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Stage Valerie Matron - Paris - French Studies, Fall 2008
Posted on December 9th, 2008 Blogs, France, Paris - French Studies |
Marie Celine Lachaud
“Stage” is the French word for internship. For me this makes sense since I’ve learned that internships are in many ways like going unto a stage- brief, recorded, celebrated, and nerve-wracking yet exciting. However, I don’t mean to speak of internships in general, but only of mine and it doesn’t hurt [...]
December 2, 2008
When I was first offered the opportunity to do a study abroad blog for IES, I was thrilled at a chance to be able to share my writing and my experience abroad with others. I realize I have really slacked on this blog, but the more I think about it the more I [...]
