Getting Ready for Paris!

This blog is going to be a journal of my experience in Paris, France. I'm studying abroad in Paris for 4 weeks. I am 1 of 6 UNC students who are going on this trip. The countdown is 11 more days! I still have to move out of my house and finish my finals before I can start packing! I go to school at University of Northern Colorado at the Monfort College of Business with an emphasis in Marketing. I knew I wanted to study marketing after a few years of DECA in high school. I am an Air Force brat, so I had the opportunity of living in many different states and even Germany for 2 years! I was in 6th and 7th grade in Germany, so I remember our several trips around the country and crazy adventures, but I definately wasn't as appreciative as I should have been!

Since I have lived overseas, I feel that I am well prepared for this trip. Although, I am more prepared than some students, I am a little anxious to travel so far from home by myself. I think it is a great opportunity to be able to go back to Paris and experience it again now that I am older. My 2 future roomates will be accompanying me in Paris and I can't wait to share this exeperience with them! This is an experience of a lifetime, to be able to go to Europe with my friends and take 6 credits! I have a lot of expectations for this trip: First, I want to learn the difference, if any, in marketing overseas. Second, I want to travel and learn more about the European culture. Third, I am hoping this trip will allow me to have a larger range of creativity when I come back and start my last year of college. Follow me on this adventure and let me know if you have any tips for me! To be continued..