Finalement à Paris!

Bonjour tout le monde! I am officially blogging from my homestay in Paris. What a week it has been! I am not even sure where to start… it feels like I’ve been here for weeks!  Over the past five days, I have been hopping around the arrondissements of Paris, trying my best to pack my…

La Première Semaine à Paris

It’s the night before my first day at work and I am SO nervous. What makes me feel better is that someone else in my program is working at the same company as me, so at least there will be one person I know. He actually called me a few hours ago saying that he…

‘Twas the Night Before Paris

Bonjour à tous! I’m Clare. I’m a rising junior (I can’t believe I’m saying that already) double majoring in Accounting, Business Analytics, and minoring in French. Pitt always felt like the natural choice of university for me. I’ve lived 30 minutes from Oakland my whole life, and all my siblings went here; although my parents…

Bonjour tout le monde!

Welcome to my blog—I’m so excited you’re here! Hi everyone! I’m extremely excited to start this blog and share my adventures with you. It’s going to be a busy (and awesome) summer! Starting with a quick intro—my name is Hailey Krawczyk, and I’m from the South Hills of Pittsburgh. I would consider myself somewhat of…

Au Revoir Paris

I can’t believe that the program is over. I’m writing this from my hotel room in Rome and the past weeks have been unreal. I stayed in Europe for 2 and a half weeks after the program ended and I have a couple more days left. Since I left Paris I have been to Interlaken…

To Smile or Not To Smile

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…

The Olympics vs. Paris

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…

Finalement, au revoir

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…

Learning to Learn in France

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…