Bonjour! I’m Veronica Armendariz, the graduate student (yes, grad students can participate too!) in Political Science from GSU. So far, things in Strasbourg are great! We have gotten to know the city quite well and after a long and stressful registration process, the classes at the Ecole De Management started last week. So I guess you can say that our semester here is finally official! This upcoming week we are going to be visiting the Court of Human Rights (I can’t wait!) and we have been invited to several lunches this week with our coordinators here at the Chateau and one of the Political Science professors at the University. We have also had several special adventures such as driving across the border to Germany for grocery shopping, getting lost in the park around the chateau while biking, and foosball tournaments. So I thought for this post I would make a short list of some of our favorite things that we have discovered thus far in this wonderful city.
1. Alsatian Wine. Red or white, it’s just good.
2. Fresh warm chocolate croissants for breakfast every Sunday.
3. Espresso!
4. Gelato
5. Downtown Strasbourg
6. Our coordinator, Willi!
7. The outdoor French Markets
8. Our French teacher
9. Castles
10. And finally…. Fifi, the small-old-frail-and-fat-but-vicious dog! She lives in a restaurant downtown called ”Au Canon.” She just loves to say hello to us! She especially loves Katie….
Feel free to leave us a comment or, for those of you thinking about participating in the program, any questions on this blog and one of us would be more than happy to respond! Until next time! A Bientot!
