A Horse Attack, A Burglary, and Surfing!
December 19, 2019
Claire, our program director, arrived to Senegal on Thursday, and at night we went to a very bougie hotel to get some drinks and catch up. We had a great view of the ocean, and it happened to be where they shot some scenes of the movie Atlantique (would highly recommend). The movie is set in Senegal and touches on the subject of immigration. Speaking of immigration...We normally don’t have class on Friday, but after some schedule adjustments we ended up having a field trip with our emigration professor toThiaroye. It was one of the best field trips I’ve had on this program, because we were able to talk to the locals and get their point of views on topics that were covered in class. We asked them why people in town wanted to migrate and their answers really cemented the notion that migration is seen as a strategy for coping with economic hardships. It was really valuable to have the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of migration attempts especially since the United... Read More
Last week and then its goodbye Paris…
December 19, 2019
As I reflect on my semester here in Paris, its crazy to think of all the incredible opportunities we’ve had and all the wonderful things we’ve experienced! I’ve decided to compile some of my favorites moments in Paris here: A visit to Monet’s Gardens in Giverny with... Read More
Still enjoying Paris during the strike
December 13, 2019
Bonjour! It’s been quite a week, with the national transportation strike that started on December 5th and continued since then. I don’t have class on Thursday or Friday so I mostly hibernated, with the exception of visiting a friend to watch Gossip Girl together. Then on... Read More
(Near) End of Semester Blues
December 10, 2019
The first week of classes went really well, in my opinion. There was however, a problem with the Economics professor (I class that I do not take), but he was replaced after the first class. For my immigration course, the professor asked us to conduct five interviews for our... Read More
Back Home!
December 10, 2019
To be perfectly honest, I was most looking forward to the Senegal portion of the trip, so it is definitely great to be back. While I was going through immigration, I received my first “How come you don’t speak Wolof?”, which was the welcome that I expected, and the... Read More
An American (Thanksgiving) in Paris
December 5, 2019
Hey everyone! Happy (belated) Thanksgiving from everyone here at APA Paris! We had a wonderful thanksgiving dinner with APA Thursday evening with tons of traditional thanksgiving food even here in France! Then over the weekend, I went to a second Thanksgiving with a group of... Read More
Three Countries Three Days
December 2, 2019
The last week of Morocco was one of the most eventful, apart from the train fire of course…nothing can top that. On Friday after the weekly couscous dinner, I went to Tanger with another American student who had been staying at the same host family. We took the train and... Read More
A Visit to London!
December 2, 2019
Salut! This week has been a whirlwind between a study tour to London and my first Thanksgiving not in America. On Thursday evening, we left for London for our study tour with our Art History class to study the nineteenth century paintings of England. We spend Friday and Saturday... Read More
Enjoying November!
November 22, 2019
Hello again! The first half of this week was spend in Vienna visiting some friends from uni who are studying abroad in Vienna, which was super interesting! Here are some photos from my visit: Then on Tuesday, our political science course, « La France Contemporaine » took... Read More
This is Morocco!
November 14, 2019
I’m back after a week-long hiatus. There is nothing exciting that happened this past week, except for a sickness that will not go away. When I was not in class I was in bed. The one fun thing I did was make pancakes for my host mom. There was another American student living... Read More
Study Tour and so much more!
November 14, 2019
Bonjour! This week has been packed with fun activities, starting with our Study Tour to Brussels for the APA in-house course, « La France Contemporaine » in which we visited the Conseil and the Parlement of the European Union. We also still made time to enjoys some frites... Read More
First Week of November
November 7, 2019
Bonjour bonjour! This week has been lots of fun, beginning with my return from Scotland and ending with a concert at the Philharmonie de Paris! I returned from Scotland on Sunday after a few more days of sightseeing! Here’s a photo of me in front of the Wallace Monument in... Read More
Weekend Trip to Fes
October 30, 2019
On Friday, we met up at the language center at 9:30 and took a van to Fes. The two Moroccan students, Kanza and Maroua, joined us on our trip. The ride to Fes from Rabat took about 3 hours, but we took a pit stop halfway to grab a bite to eat. When we finally... Read More
Normandie and Molière all in one week!
October 24, 2019
Salut! Right now, I’m writing this blog entry on the train ride to Brussels for fall break, but let me back up through everything else that’s happened this week. On Friday I took both of my APA course midterms, and then in the evening, there was an event at a bar in which... Read More
Last Weekend in Paris and End of Finals
October 17, 2019
The last weekend in Paris was a mix of finishing my final essays and trying to fit in some last minute visits. I barely saw anyone from the program over the weekend because we were all in the same boat–scrambling to finish our assignments while enjoying our favorite parts... Read More
