This time not for a weekend, not for 5 weeks, but for a whole year. A whole academic year.
This year abroad forms part of my International Business and French degree (3rd year) and will consist of 2 parts - Studying at Sciences Po University (Aug-Dec), and an internship in a French fashion house (Jan-June, fingers crossed)
It's hard for me to decide how I am feeling about it right now. On the one hand, I am super excited. Excited to live in the city of love/lights, eat macaroons all day, make cool Parisian friends, learn to swear/speak like a local etc. On the other hand, I am nervous/anxious and kind of wish I was just going back to Warwick, because I know Warwick, I already have friends, and it would be so much easier... So I'm not really sure if I am completely scared or completely excited or both.
So what's the plan?
August 20th - Eurostar from London to Paris where I will meet Mum.
August 21st-28th - Welcome Week programme & find somewhere to live (with the help of Mum).
August 31st - Lectures start, i'm now all on my own.
For those who aren't familiar, Sciences Po is a prestigious, old french university, where nearly all french presidents and Christian Dior have studied. It has hundreds of years worth of history and the buildings look like Hogwarts, right in the heart of Paris, which is quite exciting.
However, all my lectures are going to be in French, which is quite scary. But the whole point is to come back fluent so I guess this is the best place to start.
Above: Karl Lagerfeld giving a masterclass in 2013 (!!)
Left: Sciences Po
I'm going to be studying a mix of lecture/seminar courses, mostly business related, one of which is at 8am on Monday mornings (and I thought 9am's should be illegal!). These include:
- International relations "world space"
- Introduction to entrepreneursip
- Startup and management of digital innovation
- Business management
- French Language
These modules and the grades I get won't actually count towards my Warwick degree and so there's slightly less pressure if I completely can't understand anything. I do however have to do a written piece that is graded by Warwick which discusses my year abroad. So before I leave i'll do a post on my expectations, hopes, dreams, fears (etc.) for the year so that when I come back in a years time and have to write about it I can compare these to what actually happened.
For now here are some things I know I will miss about England:
- Friends and Family
- My cat
- Toast
- Queueing
- The English language
À bientot, Paris.
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