Oceana's trip; roadblocks; giving self grace to make mistakes and deviate from the plan; the process of going abroad; race and racism.

Word of the week: la grippe (the flu); la maladie (sickness); le medcin (doctor); un medicament (medicine)

How going abroad changes someone. Reverse culture shock, what we missed in the United States while abroad, communication...

Word of the week: Dommage (too bad; casual use), tant pis (too bad; more intense).

Lack of Oceana, but gained special guest Mohammed! He brought us French songs that he found.

Word of the week: bac (bin, i.e. trash bin); gauche et droit (left and right)

Music from a friend's playlist, who was abroad in Aix, France.

Word of the week: Youpi, Wao, Wesh (yippee, wow, exclamation)

Broken glasses, security abroad, public transport (buses, trams), interactions on public transport.

Word of the week: oh, la vache! (holy cow!); la vache (cow); vachement (really?!).

Introductions and Adventures! In particular in Paris, France and exploring their hostels. Additionally, we talked about our baking adventures with our host families.

Word of the week: écureuil (squirrel)