On June 11, 2016, I woke up around 9:00AM and made my way over to the Cluny town square to meet up with some of my classmates and to purchase a few items in the market held there every Saturday. The remainder of the day was free, so I went back to the hostel in the morning and worked on my final projects and daily log until around 2:00 PM. After that, I again walked to the town center to hear some live music and enjoy a cool drink at a café. About an hour and a half later I made my way back to the hostel (grabbing a baguette along the way), and then made myself a sandwich and a bowl of cereal (with fresh, unpasteurized milk) for lunch. After laying out in the sunny, grassy field at the hostel for a while, I went inside and added a few details to my final projects. Then I decided to go out for a run on the local walking path called the voie vert.
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On June 12, 2016 (the last full day of our study abroad program), I woke up around 9:00 AM and looked over my final presentations. Then I went down to the classroom to chill the wine and warm the cheese that would be used for my presentation at 2:00 PM. Soon enough, the time arrived to give our presentations. The diversity of the cheeses and wines presented were quite staggering, and I thought that overall we did quite a good job of matching our cheeses to suitable wines. With the stress of presentations behind us, we put on some music and relaxed for the remainder of the afternoon.
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On June 13, 2016, We woke up early to catch a bus to the TGV station in the nearby town of Mâcon. Once there, we said farewell to Dr. Haggblom and boarded a train to Gare de Lyon in Paris as a group. Once in Gare de Lyon, I again said farewell (this time to my fellow students) before returning to the home of a family friend in the 17th arrondisement in Paris. Later that evening I traveled to Orly to catch a plane to Prague in the Czech Republic, where I stayed with my cousin for 4 days. While I was there, I visited many of the historic sites of the city, traveling almost everywhere by foot. When I returned to Paris, I again met up with my family friends in the 17th arrondisement and stayed with them for the remaining week before my voyage home on the 25th of June.
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