I can NOT believe it's been exactly a year since the beginning of my exchange adventures in Europe! If memory serves me correct, I was on the plane from Toronto - Paris - Toulouse on January 3rd and classes at ESC started on January 5th.
Since I'm seriously missing exchange right now, I've decided to recount my exchange adventures on this blog by posting pictures and memories of what I experienced a year ago. This task would be much easier if I had kept a journal of what I did as I was actually experiencing everything... but I guess this is better than just leaving everything to memory as I'm sure I'll start forgetting tidbits of things a few years down the road.
Things I remember:
- hopping onto my Air France flight with Lauren Lefcoe, Jane Traversy, and Andrew McMahon
- missing our connecting flight from Paris to Toulouse and having a mild freakout at the airport... it was our first attempt at using French to communicate with the locals
- spending half an hour freaking out at the airport, thinking I lost my Tiffany bangle, only to realize it was in my jacket all along
- having a random French man help me with my luggage after seeing me struggle with my suitcase that had malfunctioning wheels... this was when I started to be amazed by the kindness of Toulouse people
- meeting French hottie Jean Pascal for the first time... he carried my overweight luggage with one hand each and lifted it up 6 flights of stairs... I think I instantly fell in love
- as if fate called for it, all 8 of us Queen's kids coincidentally saw each other that day at the local McDonald's... and that began our bond and continuous inside joke with McD's- exploring my loft at the residence next to the ESC business school...
Seriously missing it so much and hoping that the next group of kiddies at Toulouse are loving it right now!
- missing our connecting flight from Paris to Toulouse and having a mild freakout at the airport... it was our first attempt at using French to communicate with the locals
- spending half an hour freaking out at the airport, thinking I lost my Tiffany bangle, only to realize it was in my jacket all along
- having a random French man help me with my luggage after seeing me struggle with my suitcase that had malfunctioning wheels... this was when I started to be amazed by the kindness of Toulouse people
- meeting French hottie Jean Pascal for the first time... he carried my overweight luggage with one hand each and lifted it up 6 flights of stairs... I think I instantly fell in love
- as if fate called for it, all 8 of us Queen's kids coincidentally saw each other that day at the local McDonald's... and that began our bond and continuous inside joke with McD's- exploring my loft at the residence next to the ESC business school...
Seriously missing it so much and hoping that the next group of kiddies at Toulouse are loving it right now!
Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse
Place du Capitol - center of Toulouse
ESC Toulouse - our school of exchange for the Winter term
The Toulouse canal - went running down these trails in the Spring
Cheers,
Chelsea *
