Madelyn's Blog

Well, it’s been a whirlwind adventure the past 2 days. I’ll start at the beginning. This is a long one. Yesterday morning was my orientation at the University of Pau. There are about 25 of us from USAC, which is the US program, and about 20 others, some from the US and some from other […]

After travelling for 35 hours, I finally made it to Pau! It took two cars, 3 planes, a bus, and a train to get me here, but I’m in one piece and have all of the bags I started with. Success. My family met me at the airport, and pretty much as soon as I […]

First flight down, two to go. I’m in Chicago, hunkered down near the window of my gate for the next 7 hours until my flight to Paris. There are only 3 outlets at this gate, which has over 200 seats. I have stealthily secured one and don’t plan on giving it up. I figured out […]

Errr 3. As of today: My class is done. I am 97% packed. I had my last day at work. My fridge is empty. Almost time to go to France! My suitcase is 44.3lbs right now..5.7lbs under the limit. I think I’m going to forego one pair of shoes and maybe a bottle of hair […]

Scratch that. 4 days. It seems I never sit down at the computer until after midnight. Here’s my address while in France, in case any of you want to send me anything in the next 5 weeks. Madelyn Espinosa USAC France Bureau 125 Faculté des Lettres Université de Pau 64000 Pau, FRANCE   Back to […]

Umm…make that 5 days…it’s 1am again. So, Alex made me this blog so I can keep everyone updated on my daily activities and misadventures while I’m in France for July. Thank goodness for a boyfriend with computer skills…my plan was to use one of those generic blogging sites, but I never managed to open an […]

Welcome to my wonderful girlfriend’s sweet new blog to keep in touch with friends and family. Enjoy 🙂 -Alex