Study Abroad

Étretat was my favorite place that we went to during these three weeks here. When we arrived there, my friends and I decided to eat at one of the many restaurants there. I had pasta with Camembert sauce and Camembert slices on top. It was sort of like fettuccine alfredo but way better! Once we…

I never knew the French equivalent to “yeah”. I learned that it is “Ouais” pronounced like way. I thought this was really cool.

While in Bernay with French friends on two different weekends, I was surprised to learn how many lovely hours had passed between when the appetizers and wine had begun to be served and when dessert and coffee was offered. Typically, appetizers began around 6:00pm and we were clearing the table around 11:00pm! Friendships were deepened…

Having posed the question to several French friends regarding how many weeks of vacation the French are allowed each year, the most common response was the same. Typically, if one has worked for an employer the required amount of time, French employees are given five weeks of paid vacation annually. In addition, my friend Djhad…

I was so welcomed with love and open arms at an Évangéliste Baptiste Church this morning in Caen.  It was the second Service in their new building. The melodies in the worship songs were familiar.  It didn’t matter whether I could understand any of the sermon or not there was a common bond & theme…

I am surprised at how similar my host and I are in terms of eating. We both eat quickly with no formalities. It is still light at 11 pm which surprises me. I don’t like that the university and some other public places have toilets without seats. This is more difficult to use the older…

These pics really spoke to me as I am a Floal Designer & my favorite genre of music to play on the piano has always been boogie woogie, ragtime blues and jazz. Seeing this was like rolling my heart and lifetime love for France all up in one! It’s still so hard to believe I’m…

Apparently, there are over 400 different kinds of cheese in France. No one knows for sure. Goat cheese seems to be a favorite of people who live in Normandy. We have goat cheese almost every day after dinner for dessert. It’s soft, white and very good. Other favorite cheeses are pont l’eueque (circumflex over the…

My host had two guests for dinner. A doctor who brought cake she had made and an Italian man who cooked a spaghetti dinner for us. I thought maybe dinner would be at 8 as usual but we didn’t sit down to eat until 9 and I excused myself at 10. I thought I would…