One Month! #HogsAbroad

Wow! Today marks one month since I arrived in Reims.  Man, the time has gone by quickly.  It does not feel like one month already.  It’s been a really fun month though, culminating yesterday with our trip to Disneyland Paris!  Even though it was pouring rain and really cold and windy, it was such a great trip!  After that, we had an international student party with lots of fun and dancing.  We ended up getting home just before 4am!

In terms of school, my first class is completely finished.  My current class is definitely proving a challenge.  It is my first class entirely in French and it is an entrepreneurship class.  I think in general, classes in French would not be too difficult, except for the fact that a lot of the concepts we are discussing, I don’t even know in French.  But I’m getting through it.  Friday, we had a quiz in French laws, but it was only worth 20 points and it was more about application than the actual laws.

A week from today is my 21st birthday and while I’m sad I won’t be celebrating with my family, I think we’ll still have a good time.  Two weeks from now, we have a week-long vacation and the girls and I are looking at going to Italy or Spain, since round trip flights are around 75 euros at most.  Might as well travel while we’re here!

I love all the people I am meeting! Aside from the girls from Arkansas, there’s a girl from North Carolina, two girls from Canada, people from Taiwan. Thailand, Lithuania, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Poland, Germany, Finland, India, Hong Kong, Morocco, Brazil, and lots of other places.

Well, I think that’s all I have to report for now.  I can’t believe there are only 5 months left, but I’m going to make sure I make the most of it.

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To find out more about the Exchange program with the NEOMA Business School-Reims Campus, visit http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobreims