TAKE AWAYS

• AS THIS WAS MY FIRST STUDY ABROAD IT WAS QUITE A CULTURE SHOCK

• I GOT TO MAKE 50 NEW FRIENDS

• I GOT TO SEE/HIKE TWO BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS

MAKING NEW FRIENDS

• PROBABLY THE SINGLE GREATEST PART OF THIS TRIP WAS MEETING/INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE FROM FRANCE AND EVEN PEOPLE YOU DIDN’T PREVIOUSLY KNOW FROM TEXAS A&M

PARIS

• PARIS WAS OVERWHELMING TO SAY THE LEAST

• IT WAS A LARGE CITY AND THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN ABROAD

• I FINALLY LEARNED THE TRANSIT SYSTEM ON THE SECOND TO LAST DAY AND ACTUALLY SPENT THE REST OF OUR TIME THERE ALONE EXPLORING WHATEVER I WANTED

• I WILL DEFINETELY GO BACK JUST SO I CAN EXPERIENCE THE LOURVE AND OTHER MUSEUMS FOR A LONGER AMOUNT OF TIME

CLANQUES

• THE CALANQUES WERE BEAUTIFUL

• I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE IT TWICE

• I DID ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF HIKING WHEN I WENT WITHOUT THE GROUP

BARCELONA• BARCELONA WAS MY FAVORITE CITY THAT I VISITED, MOSTLY BECAUSE I KNEW THE LANGUAGE AND

COULD ACTUALLY TALK TO PEOPLE HAHA

• LA SAGRADA FAMILIA WAS BY FAR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BUILDING I SAW WITH MY OWN TWO EYES

• MY EXPERIENCE IN BARCELONA HAS SOLIDIFIED THE FACT THAT I WILL RETURN TO SPAIN AS SOON AS I CAN

• THIS WAS ALSO SOME OF THE BEST FOOD I ATE ON THE ENTIRE TRIP

FAVORITE MEMORY

• IF I HAD TO PIN POINT ONE SINGLE MOMENT THAT WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE ENTIRE TRIP IT WOULD BE THIS:

• WE WENT TO THE BEACH ON OUR FIRST DAY IN BARCELONA AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP PLAYING SAND VOLLEYBALL WITH SPANISH KIDS FOR AROUND THREE HOURS. MY ONE REGRET OF THE TRIP WAS NOT GETTING A PHOTO WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE I GOT TO MEET THAT DAY.

• I GOT TO EXPERIENCE MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL SOCCER GAME

• I GOT MEET SOME NEW FRIENDS EARLY ON IN OUR TRIP

• I HAD A LOT OF FUN CHEERING FOR A RANDOM TEAM AND WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WINNING

MARSEILLE

SURPRISES

• I THOUGHT I WOULD MOST ENJOY VISITING SUPER TOURISTY AREAS, BUT THIS WASN’T THE CASE

• I FOUND OUT THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS I MADE WAS THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD WHILE BEING IN FRANCE

FUTURE TRAVEL

• I WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE MORE COUNTRIES AND EXPERIENCE MORE CULTURES VERY SOON

• I HAD A WONDERFUL FIRST TRIP ABROAD THANKS TO BEING AROUND AGGIES AND BEING A PART OF A GREAT PROGRAM

• I HIGHLY RECOMMEND STUDYING ABROAD TO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT BEEN ABROAD BEFORE