Making close friends with college students from around the world during study abroad in France.

– Cory Jantaworn, SPC Student, France Program, June/July 2019

Bonjour, le voyage commence! Traveling is the best form of education in life. It expands your knowledge base and may challenge your nation’s conventional way of thinking. It is a wonderful experience that is humbling, edifying, and adventurous! I would like to share my journey into the south of France.

I arrived with fellow students (some from SPC; some from other international colleges) in Nice Côte d’Azur Airport on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of summer. We were picked up by EF Language schools and driven through the city to our host families. On the way our eyes gazed upon beautiful hills and mountains in the distance and at some points we could see the clear, spotless, light blue Mediterranean sea of Nice.

We arrived to meet our host families. Mine was an Armenian/Lebanese police man named Alexira, who lives with his two kids. He showed me the way through the city to school and how to ride the tram. The city of Nice is bustling with life and new smells of delicious food.

At school I met many different students who became my new close friends on this journey in France. Students came from Switzerland, Hong Kong, Korea, Germany, Japan, England, Sweden, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and many other countries to study French. Not only did I learn about the French way of life, but I also learned a lot from other international students who shared many things in depth about their own countries’ traditions, problems, and cultures. It was an enlightening and enriching experience to be able to connect with many other cultures that are so different from my own while being bonded together by our common desire to learn French!

It was a very satisfying time and a charming city. In the morning we would study and then in the afternoon we would practice what we learned while exploring the city! The way of life in France seems to me very relaxed and enjoyable, and if I were somebody deciding whether to travel, I would strongly recommend that they study abroad in another country as soon as possible, especially with SPC.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and there is no better time than now to go!

– Cory Jantaworn, SPC Student, France Program, June/July 2019

Thank you for sharing Cory!

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