I have been in France for about a month now, and it\u2019s truly been such an engaging experience. In my program, I\u2019ve met the most amazing group of people from across the States and learned so much from them and with them. I\u2019ve explored so much, from lesser-known gems to tourist hits (and I\u2019ve become quite adept at navigating the Metro, if I do say so myself). One of the first things I hunted down was bookstores (of course) and I\u2019ve taken a trip to Lyon, ridden a boat down the Seine, and been to an uncountable number of museums. There\u2019s already been so much fun and exciting to do, and there’s so much more to come in the next few months (hopefully including a few visits outside of France)!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the most fascinating parts of this program has been contrasting the French perspective with my own American experience. I\u2019ve had so many interesting conversations with my classmates, sparked by things we learned or didn\u2019t quite understand about French culture. In a lot of ways, it\u2019s made me reexamine the outlook of the United States. I\u2019m very interested to see how things progress in my remaining time here.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m about to start an internship at the literary research center for Sorbonne University here in Paris which I\u2019m very excited about. After just recently having my first meeting with my supervisors, I\u2019m extra hyped to have access to doctoral research, seminars, classes, and connections to all there is to offer aux Lettres. My trip up to this point has been focused on language immersion and cultural context, and it will be interesting to see how my French experience blends with my love of all things literary.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Definitely not missing the February weather but I can\u2019t wait to be back at Mac with you all in the fall <3<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Macalester me manque,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n Charley \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Charley with Eiffel Tower! Shakespeare & Co bookstore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n ______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/i>Words thanks Charley for keeping us in the loop about all of their wonderful study abroad adventures!<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Charley Eatchel ’24 Bonjour de Paris! I have been in France for about a month now, and it\u2019s truly been such an engaging experience. In my program, I\u2019ve met the most amazing group of people from across the States and learned so much from them and with them. I\u2019ve explored so much, from lesser-known […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":4957,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4975","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8151,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4975\/revisions\/8151"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Charley](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/the-words\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-3.37.59-PM-226x300.png\")
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