Farewell Renata!

Coucou tout le monde!

I hope by this middle of January, we’ve all kept of New Year’s Resolutions if you made any and are enjoying this cold month with family, vacation, and hot chocolate. And bon courage to all those who are already back on the work/school grind.

This post is dedicated to my amazing friend who has appeared in this blog several times, Renata. Though we’ve always been in the same French class and have been friends since freshman year, we didn’t truly grow close until this semester abroad. She’s provided me with an unimaginable amount of advice, support, and laughter. It’s crazy that you can know someone for a while but it isn’t until something like this where you actually make a lifelong friend, confidant, and the other person in your équipe!

One of the many crazy selfies we have

On the (wrong) train back to our lodging

We adapted out photo taking to mimic statues. All. Over. (Chartes, France)

Anyway, as much as I could go on singing Renata’s compliments, this post is to say goodbye! I am very sad to see her leave Strasbourg, France yesterday after her semester abroad. In France, I spent most of my time with Renata, getting to know her host family, her real family (go skype and anecdotes), and Café Berlin. Not positive what I’m going to do without the other half of my team, but I know we just had the most amazing experience together, and her presence was absolutely instrumental to my success and adjustment here in France. Gonna miss you so much, Renata!

So, say hi to Dinand for me and go kick all of your courses’ butts this semester! Expect lots of Skype sessions, snapchats, and the popping up of pictures from our selfie and awkward picture albums. Love you!!

Jess

(Also you should know I’m listening to Let It Go by James Bay while writing this)

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