This past weekend, our group took our last trip all together. We visited Mallorca, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean. Considering the island is pretty popular and very beautiful, the trip was not too expensive for the six of us. We found an air bnb with its own rooftop that was big enough for the…

This past weekend was the first weekend I spent in Paris since the first weekend. Although I did not do much over the weekend, it was nice to sit and enjoy Paris. The preparation for the Olympics is starting to take over the city, so it is difficult to travel around knowing what the city…

Two weeks after my program ended and I am once again writing from Paris. However, I have not been here the full time, I was off traveling the continent.  Immediately after my program ended, I went up north to Normandy to stay on Gold Beach, one of the disembarkment beaches for D Day. I stayed…

London calling!!! This past weekend, myself and two others from our Paris group spent the weekend in London. I had never visited the United Kingdom before, but have always dreamt about experiencing the culture and taking in the history. Needless to say, London is a great combination of electrifying and historically rich. Our hostel was…

For our last weekend in France, my group spent our time on the West coast, in a small town called Saint Gilles. This time was spent relaxing and soaking in our last trip together, but also reflecting on everything we have done thus far. Every trip, big or small, is soaked into my mind through…

Four weeks in… wow! It feels like I just arrived yesterday. Looking back on the past month, I am so happy that I met everyone in this program as well as being able to travel the country and explore Paris. I have almost visited every “arrondissement”, or neighborhood, in Paris! My fourth week in France…

This week felt like the first real week of my immersion in Paris. The first two weeks felt fresh and chaotic; with orientation and getting to know the people in my group, as well as jumping into a new job in a different language. By this week, I felt as though I finally found my…

After my first week in Paris, I have learned that the best way to be efficient and effective in society is to be the calm within the chaos. Through observations, I have learned that native Parisians are very calm and collected in nature. To fit into the mold of Paris, which is a collection of…

In Paris, I am working in the private sector, in a startup studio. Startups are entrepreneurs or smaller companies that are looking to gain traction in the business world. Eclosion, the company I work for, helps provide these startups with funding, marketing, and growth resources to help them reach their goals in the Parisian and…