December 10, 2023 – Fall Break Pt. 1 For everyone who’s been asking, Kera is still Somewhere, alive and well. And the blogging shall not stop! I do, however, deeply apologize for the short hiatus. November was packed full with midterm exams, presentations, and the continuation of my European exploration. Let’s start at the beginning… Read more

November 13, 2023 My weekend in Chamonix was one for the books. If you’ve never heard of Chamonix before, maybe you’ve heard of Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe. Chamonix rests at the base of Mont Blanc and near the junction of France, Switzerland, and Italy. I… Read more

October 13, 2023 Salut mes amis! Happy Friday the 13th. The past couple weeks have been all about appreciating Lyon and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. My beaver friends might recognize this photo from my previous dorm room. At the start of freshman year, I went to the club fair and took some study-abroad postcards from the… Read more

October 9, 2023 My semester classes finally started the third week of September! For my parents: let the record show that I’m also taking classes here and not just gallivanting around Europe. College courses in French have proven to be the challenge I expected. Dozing off in class is not an option! However, my professors… Read more

September 30, 2023 This post is a couple weeks late, so please excuse the delay. So much to do and so little time to write about it! To end my week off with a bang, I took a weekend trip to Venice with my friend Kylee! She’s currently working as an au pair in Italy… Read more

September 19, 2023 My pre-semester course ended last week, so I had one week of freedom before the real stuff started. On Wednesday, my history class took an afternoon tour of the Croix-Rousse neighborhood. The majority of our time was spent at la Maison des Canuts. The Maison des Canuts is a museum about the… Read more

September 5, 2023 When I talk with locals in Lyon about my semester abroad or just about my plans for the day, I’m usually met with the response “Profitez-en bien” or “Make the most of it”! I’ve been appreciating this sentiment in French culture: make the most of everything, take your time, and enjoy the… Read more

August 30, 2023 Saturday was my last day with the other students in the hotel before we were picked up by our host families. Everyone is really fun and I’m sure they’ll make great travel buddies! First on the agenda was a guided tour through Vieux Lyon with a young man named Alex. He took… Read more

August 28, 2023 Here are the highlights of my arrival in Europe and my first few days in France! My flight from Denver to London was everything I anticipated and more: British flight attendants? Check. Free wine? Check. Getting no sleep whatsoever? Check. What I didn’t expect was the free entertainment (and by entertainment I… Read more