Living with other Northeastern Students

June 13, 2017

While abroad, I am living in a French Student Residence with six other Northeastern Students. The residence consists of single apartment rooms that have a bathroom and a small kitchen. The area we are in the 6th arrondissement. Around our building is the Tète D’Or Park which is pretty famous here as well as the Rhône River and Bellecour. I have had some time to explore the neighborhood and have found that there are a bunch of pâtisseries, or pastry shops, as well as Bouchons, which serve the traditional Lyonnais food that Lyon is well known for.
I really like the area we are in as it is easy to cross the river where there are a lot of shops and sites to see. The buildings are old looking but beautiful, and there is a walking path along the river that is really nice in terms of seeing the city.

It ended up that I already knew the six other students that are in my residence and we have been doing a lot together. It is more difficult to meet the other students as they live a decent distance away, but I hope that over our time here I will get to know them better! I have briefly met some of the French students as well and they were very kind to us. I hope I get to know more of the French students as they know a whole lot more about Lyon and would be able to recommend things to do throughout my time here.

Written By

Jillian Barnabe

I am a student in the D'Amore-McKim School of Business and I plan to graduate in 2021. I chose to study abroad with this program as I felt it would teach me a lot about how to live on my own and be independent as well as how to adapt to cultural changes. I have always loved the French language as I studied it for many years in high school, so I though this would be a great opportunity for me to further my knowledge of the language and culture while earning credit toward my business degree. I am looking forward to living in Europe and traveling to different countries on the weekends and I hope to gain a lot of both business and real world knowledge from this program. I hope to do a lot of sightseeing while I am not in class as I have a strong passion for photography, and I cant wait to try all of the new foods in the places I will visit!