Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Epilogue

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Epilogue … … What I learned about myself, while traveling in France, is that I am not afraid to go outside of my comfort zone and take some risks.  It was definitely outside of my comfort zone to depart from my family and travel to a foreign country for two […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Travel

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Travel … … Traveling outside of the United States is an adventure.  The hardest part of the trip for me, was getting my passport in a timely fashion.  Our flight out of Rochester was ordinary.  Passing through security was extremely quick, usual screening processes were employed.  An extended layover […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – History and Culture

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – History and Culture … … We think that there is a lot of history here in the United States.  Yes, undoubtedly, may significant things have happened here.  Yet, in comparison to the history of France and England, we are young.  No matter where you went, history was all around […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Food and Dining … … Two given staples on all dining tables were carafes of water and endless bread.  The French are definitely not shy of their cheese and butter either.  I will say that the food was fantastic.  It simply could have been the aura of being in […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – City Life

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – City Life … … France is much different than the United States.  In Paris in particular, most of the residents either rode bicycles or drove mopeds.  This was very common.  The metro, their version of the subway was widely used to maneuver throughout the city.  This is much the same […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Family Life

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Family Life … … I may have had a different experience that the rest of the class.  Due to the age difference of myself and the rest of the students in our class, I was placed with a professor who lived in Rennes, and commuted by train to Vitre […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Life at School

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Life at School … … I was able to participate in several classes at Lycee Bertrand d’Argentre in Vitre, France.  The first class was a business class.  The teacher kept the students actively engaged.  His teaching styles were similar to what we receive here, handouts and lecture.  There was also […]

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Expectations

Aero: Jason Palmer – France 2015 – Expectations … … Living in a foreign country will be very different as compared to living in the United States.  We grow accustomed to our daily routine and rarely actually have to think.  We simply go through the motions.  We encounter people every day who speak the same language, live […]