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This post covers my first few days as an international student arriving in France to pursue a degree. Sharing this experience may be beneficial to some and relatable to others who might have felt the same. I really hope you enjoy it!

Before I take you through my own eyes on this beautiful journey, let's introduce myself first. Dear readers, my name is Paraskevi Eleni Bokou, I am 21 years old and with the Erasmus program, I am in France. I come from Greece, I am a law student at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens

So before I start telling my story, let me introduce myself. My name is Nena, I am 22 years old and I am a Greek law student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki this semester I have the pleasure to participate in an Erasmus program at the law department of the University of Montpellier.

I am Ömer, pronounced as “eux+mère”, from Turkey but sometimes my name can be understood as Hubert in France. Feel free to pronounce it as you wish, you might find a new variation. I have had the chance to study my second year of Pharmacy education in Marseille as an Erasmus student. Therefore, my original university is located in Istanbul and is very creatively named Istanbul University.

Dear readers, my name is Helena and I’m originally from Brazil. I’m a Psychology student at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and at the moment I’m in an exchange program at the Université de Lille for the fall/winter semester of 2022. I’ve always dreamed of studying abroad and since I’m in my last year of my undergraduate studies I had to grab this chance.