{"id":48942,"date":"2023-11-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=48942"},"modified":"2023-10-30T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:18:28","slug":"a-study-abroad-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2023\/11\/03\/a-study-abroad-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"A Study Abroad in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, I had a chance to chat with one of my friends, Grace, who had the chance to study abroad earlier this year. One of the things I really wish I had the chance to do during university is go on a Learning Abroad program. So if you are like me, take this as your sign to study abroad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of Grace at \u00c9tretat, France <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Name:<\/strong> Grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year of Study:<\/strong> 4th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program of study:<\/strong> Rotman Commerce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where did you go?<\/strong> I visited Lyon, France and attended Universit\u00e9 Jean Moulin Lyon 3. My exchange was 4 months long, from January to April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of Grace in Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are so many places U of T offers exchanges to \u2014 how did you decide? <\/strong>Growing up, I was in French Immersion, and I\u2019ve always wanted to engage with the French language and culture and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of Grace with a friend <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What was the biggest culture shock moment? <\/strong>In France, when you bump into someone, people say tend to say \"pardon\" a lot. I also learned that the term \u201cd\u00e9sol\u00e9e\" (sorry in English) is generally used in more serious situations. Having to pay to use the washroom was a bit of a shock as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what ways did your travels impact your personal growth or self-discovery?<\/strong> I think one of the biggest skills I had to learn is independence, specifically when it came to navigating challenges due to language barriers. I also learned to embrace spontaneity and to go with the flow, as things may not always go how we wish them to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the highlight of your exchange? <\/strong>The freedom of being able to travel spontaneously was definitely the highlight. Because of how close the countries are in Europe, I could go to a totally new country and be back for classes on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best food you got to try?<\/strong> All of the pastries in France were heavenly!\ud83e\udd50Other than that, I really enjoyed the paella in Spain and the schnitzel from Germany and Austria.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of a schnitzel dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Favourite place you got to visit? <\/strong>I got to travel to 19 countries, so that is a VERY difficult question to answer. My top though would have to be Claude Monet\u2019s House, Lucern in Switzerland and \u00c9tretat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of Mt Pilatus, Switzerland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What advice would you give to someone looking to study abroad?<\/strong> I think it's very important to be aware and make sure you take the time to learn about the political and social norms of the place you are visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use one word to describe your overall experience:<\/strong> Introspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photo
Photo of Grace with friends from her exchange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about studying abroad at U of T, visit the Learning Abroad website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Bolu \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n
\nRecently, I had a chance to chat with one of my friends, Grace, who had the chance to study abroad earlier this year. One of the things I really wish I had the chance to do during university is go…\n<\/div>
Continue reading “A Study Abroad in France”<\/span>…<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>
Continue reading “A Study Abroad in France”<\/span>…<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":49057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,82],"tags":[6723,556,442],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48942"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49042,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48942\/revisions\/49042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}