{"id":2077,"date":"2019-02-05T15:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2019-02-05T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:22:42","slug":"european-daydreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/","title":{"rendered":"European Daydreams"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

My name is Katherine Wilkes, I spent this past fall semester studying abroad in Paris, France. I\u00a0went through the program CISabroad. I chose this program because of many different factors.\u00a0The primary reason was that the school I would be attending through the program and what\u00a0classes I would be able to take were most suited towards my major out of all of the programs.<\/p>\n

Other things such as the type of housing and cost were also important factors. Overall, I felt that\u00a0that was the program that would allow me to get what I wanted out of the experience the most.\u00a0Something that really stood out to me while I was abroad is just how big the world really is.\u00a0There are so many people and places and things and opportunities out there. Through this\u00a0experience, I feel that I was able to learn a lot about myself and grow as a person while also\u00a0learning a lot about the world, other people, and just life in general. I met people that I will never\u00a0forget and made friends and memories that will hopefully last a lifetime. I was able to travel to\u00a0other places than just Paris also. I went to other cities in France such as Nice, Chartres, and Lille.\u00a0I went to other countries such as Belgium, Monaco, and the Netherlands also.<\/p>\n

\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"France\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Living in Paris was an indescribable experience, the city was just so alive. The architecture was beautiful, there\u00a0was so much history, the people were so unique, the list goes on and on. It was crazy to me how\u00a0easily I was able to settle into a life there. I had picnics in front of the Eiffel Tower, went to the\u00a0Louvre and so many other museums, I drank coffee at a cafe by the Seine every Saturday\u00a0morning. I had the opportunity to experience and see for my own eyes how cultured the world\u00a0really is. I was able to become even more independent than I already was and was able to learn\u00a0and make connections that will benefit my academic career.<\/p>\n

Studying abroad is something I\u00a0highly recommend, I feel that it is important for people to go outside of their comfort zones, to\u00a0explore the world, and to meet new people and try to understand life from another perspective\u00a0than your own. Studying abroad allows you to do this while also furthering your academic\u00a0career. The process is not the easiest especially if you are going for a decent amount of time but\u00a0it is worth all of the time and planning that goes into it.<\/p>\n

Katherine Wilkes is majoring in International Studies. She spent Fall 2018 studying abroad in Paris, France through CISabroad<\/a>. Katherine had the following to say about her time abroad, \u201cAs cliche as it sounds, studying abroad can change your life. I will never forget the people I met and the experiences I had abroad. It’s a chance to get to know yourself while also getting to know the world.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow us on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Share this post:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Katherine Wilkes, I spent this past fall semester studying abroad in Paris, France. I\u00a0went through the program CISabroad. I chose this program because of many different factors.\u00a0The primary reason was that the school I would be attending through the program and what\u00a0classes I would be able to take were most suited towards… <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1215,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48248,6740],"tags":[73812,73811,150,73813],"class_list":{"0":"post-2077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-center-for-global-education","7":"category-study-abroad","8":"tag-global-education","9":"tag-mocs-abroad","10":"tag-utc","11":"tag-wanderlust","12":"entry","13":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"\nEuropean Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My name is Katherine Wilkes, I spent this past fall semester studying abroad in Paris, France. I\u00a0went through the program CISabroad. I chose this program because of many different factors.\u00a0The primary reason was that the school I would be attending through the program and what\u00a0classes I would be able to take were most suited towards… Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/files\/2019\/02\/France-7.jpg?w=314&h=419&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Livermore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Livermore\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Livermore\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403\"},\"headline\":\"European Daydreams\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"global education\",\"mocs abroad\",\"UTC\",\"wanderlust\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Center for Global Education\",\"Study Abroad\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/\",\"name\":\"European Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/05\\\/european-daydreams\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"European Daydreams\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/\",\"name\":\"Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Read International, ESL, and Study Abroad student stories.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403\",\"name\":\"Laura Livermore\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Livermore\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/center-global-education\\\/author\\\/ddl757\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"European Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"European Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"My name is Katherine Wilkes, I spent this past fall semester studying abroad in Paris, France. I\u00a0went through the program CISabroad. I chose this program because of many different factors.\u00a0The primary reason was that the school I would be attending through the program and what\u00a0classes I would be able to take were most suited towards… Continue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/","og_site_name":"Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_published_time":"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/files\/2019\/02\/France-7.jpg?w=314&h=419&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Laura Livermore","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Livermore","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Livermore","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/#\/schema\/person\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403"},"headline":"European Daydreams","datePublished":"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/"},"wordCount":525,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["global education","mocs abroad","UTC","wanderlust"],"articleSection":["Center for Global Education","Study Abroad"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/","name":"European Daydreams - Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-02-05T20:22:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/#\/schema\/person\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/2019\/02\/05\/european-daydreams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"European Daydreams"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/","name":"Center for Global Education Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Read International, ESL, and Study Abroad student stories.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/#\/schema\/person\/d23f112c1f9d1cf46c2820bac335a403","name":"Laura Livermore","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd877b3ee2fecf351ab51a2d3132448c2cc689e9978aba2e498a00e564a1e678?s=96&r=g","caption":"Laura Livermore"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/author\/ddl757\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-global-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}