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Erik Helm

I promised myself I wouldn’t cry

Posted on June 4, 2018

Before leaving and after getting there, the program taught us something that kind of looks like a roller coaster. It was a chart of emotions and feelings students generally experience when going abroad. It started …

Posted in Erik Helm, Europe, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Aix en Provence, end of program, Erik Helm, France, International Academic Programs, return to US, semester abroad, study abroad, UW-madison

Rhinoceros Part 2

Posted on April 30, 2018

Several months ago, in my post entitled “Rhinoceros,” I wrote about my mental health and the challenges I was facing with it during my first couple weeks abroad. Now, here we are, at the end …

Posted in Erik Helm, Europe, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Aix en Provence, APA, Erik Helm, France, International Academic Programs, semester abroad, study abroad, UW-madison

Becoming Home

Posted on March 28, 2018

Going abroad means a lot of social transitions, new experiences and the ultimate routine changer. It means a culture shock into a painful adaption period into an eventual acceptance of a new life. I’ve found …

Posted in Erik Helm, Europe, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Aix en Provence, Erik Helm, France, International Academic Progarms, semester abroad, study abroad, UW-madison

Learning How to School

Posted on March 8, 2018

Sometimes, it’s hard to remember that “study abroad” starts with the word “study.” You’re telling me this isn’t a four-month vacation? It’s true, it’s not. Just like Madison, classes have midterms, tests and papers. But …

Posted in Erik Helm, Europe, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Aix en Provence, APA, Erik Helm, France, International Academic Programs, school, study, study abroad, UW-madison

Rhinoceros

Posted on January 16, 2018

I’m sure right now you were just scrolling through Facebook, passing seemingly dozens of people saying “follow my blog while I’m studying abroad in (insert foreign city here) this semester!!” And then, when you go …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Erik Helm, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged Erik Helm, France, mental health abroad3 Comments

Pizza Night

Posted on January 8, 2018

It’s Friday evening and I’m waiting for dinner to start. Normally, my host family won’t feed me on the weekends, but since we just got here the day before she’ll make an exception so she …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Erik Helm, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged dinner culture, Erik Helm, France, host family, pizza

Going for that cookie

Posted on December 28, 2017

When I was young, I remember one time where it was just me and my dad for dinner, an oddity considering there was five of us at the time. I don’t remember what we ate, …

Posted in Academic Year 2017-2018, Erik Helm, France, Returned Student, Spring 2018Tagged cookies, Erik Helm, France, getting ready, nerves, pre-departure1 Comment

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