Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Food and Dining … … Food and dining…this was my biggest fear about traveling to France! I was really unsure if I would find things I am able to eat, and so I came prepared with a suitcase full of protein/meal replacement bars just in case. Luckily, I […]

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – City Life

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – City Life … … I can still vividly remember the sights and smells I encountered while we were in Paris. If I close my eyes, it isn’t difficult for me to transport myself back to one of the bustling avenues of the city, or one of the quaint […]

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Family Life

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Family Life … … After spending a week in Paris, I was ready for the pace to slow down and to meet my host family. Eline and I had talked briefly over Facebook before leaving the United States, but I was still very nervous about living with people I […]

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Life at School

Aero: Kelsey Castro – France 2015 – Life at School … … I was both nervous and excited to experience going to school with my host student, Eline. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect on the first day. My host mother, Anne, drove Eline, her younger sister Enora, and myself down the road to the […]

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 […]