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Pre-Departure reflections on the struggles of balancing abroad prep with regular student life and what makes it all worth it.

This is my final post, and I give my post-departure thoughts and my concluding thoughts/recommendation to study abroad.

I give my concluding thoughts on Paris and France as I wrap up my semester abroad.

I write about my fall break, where I visited 6 different countries over 10 days in Central Europe.

I write about the experiences I've had at different restaurants in Paris as well as what I've been eating besides that.

I write about the challenge or ease of making friends abroad, whether that's locals or other American students.

I write about my identity and how I see personal growth throughout the semester.

Free Cultural Events set up by my program with IES Abroad!

In my second post, I write about arriving in Paris and settling in. I also talk a little bit about reality vs expectations and how things have been panning out...