NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This summer season, quite a few Belmont student-athletes spent a while abroad collaborating in Belmont’s Examine Overseas Program.   

All through the summer season, Belmont Athletics will spotlight the experiences of our student-athletes as they encounter and have interaction with new landscapes, cultures, and peoples.

Our first reflection is by Eliza Paisley, a rising junior ladies’s soccer participant from Franklin, Tennessee.  Throughout the Maymester, Eliza went to France with different Belmont college students. 
 
The place did you research overseas this summer season?
France (Paris and Good)
 
What lessons did you’re taking? 
Pictures, Third 12 months Writing & Faith
 
What was your favourite reminiscence?
Spending the entire day exploring and mountaineering in Antibes, appreciating its magnificence and tradition.  Antibes is positioned on the Mediterranean Sea close to Good. 
 
Is there a selected place that you’d return and go to?  If that’s the case, the place and why?
Parc Floral de Paris.  It is without doubt one of the 4 botanical gardens of Paris and is positioned southeast of Paris’ metropolis middle.  It’s identified for its azaleas, rhododendrons, and irises. 
 
What was the factor that stunned you essentially the most concerning the tradition and environment? 
French individuals aren’t as standoffish and “imply” and folks say they’re. Everybody there may be SO keen about what they do and beloved attending to share their tradition with us!
 
How was the meals?  What was your favourite meal? 
The meals was superb. My favourite meal was the baguette sandwiches. I most likely bought one each different day. I additionally favored the hen salad, solar dried tomatoes, arugula, and capers. I nonetheless give it some thought typically, haha. 
 
After being abroad for this time period, what did you miss most about “residence” (U.S.)?
I did miss a few of my independence. As an example, driving. Taking metros and counting on others for issues was positively an adjustment, however I feel that was simply because I used to be in a brand new place.