Maymester
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Now that I have finally adjusted back to life here in America, I have been thinking a lot about my study abroad to Romania. First I would like to mention the things I wish I would have brought: A pillow rest thing for the car and bus rides, breakfast bars (I wasn’t always the biggest…
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When my mind wanders back to Romania, I find it daunting to try describing all of my experiences in a few hundred words. Summarizing the two weeks we spent touring the country seems far too impossible. However, I’ve often found myself spouting off random bits of information about the people and places in a faraway…
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I am back in America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. It is strange to be here again and settle into the normalcy and the hum of daily life here. It’s funny how the world doesn’t stop moving when you are away. You come back and everyone has continued living,…
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“So..did you get homesick?” My Mom posed this question this morning over breakfast and coffee. I’ve been home for about five days now and yet it still feels like we haven’t talked about my trip enough. She’s sure there are pictures that I haven’t shown her and stories that I haven’t told her. I took…
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This was my first experience traveling abroad. Prior to my trip to Romania, I had never been in country where the majority of the people do not speak English as their first language. The language barrier was the first experience that I found truly thought provoking. It was a little bit multifaceted because it was…
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As I sit in a coffee shop typing away, I miss European coffee, but I miss the friends I made in Romania more. One of my favorite parts of the two-week trip abroad was getting to know Romanian communications students and their perspectives. Our translators for the week were students earning their masters degrees in…
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Leaving Toulouse is bittersweet. I have enjoyed my time here. The trips to quaint villages near Toulouse, meeting and interacting hardworking farmers, learning about the way french agriculture is in France, as well as eating lots of amazing food make me sad to say au revouir (goodbye). France has been beautiful, and I have been…
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I can’t begin to describe the feelings of watching the flight-tracker on my 9 and a half hour flight when we crossed over the Georgia state line. After a month abroad, I was ready to be home to my family, my bed, and Chick-Fil-A sweet tea. It’s been wonderful being home for a few days.…
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Over the past three weeks in Toulouse, we have been on numerous field trips to local farms. I have loved having the opportunity to discuss the differences and similarities of American and French agriculture. My favorite trip that we took was to a beef farm about an hour outside of Toulouse. Growing up on a…
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Since I left the United States, I have had the date June 4th stuck in my mind. That would be the day I would arrive in Atlanta, exhausted, souvenirs in hand, hopefully greeting my family. When we left in May, it felt so far away. And now that day is here. Here I am sitting…