{"id":15082,"date":"2014-12-12T09:53:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T14:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forum-nexus.com\/?p=15082"},"modified":"2014-12-19T15:35:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:35:51","slug":"paris-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/paris-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris with Forum-Nexus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The City of Lights. Home to the Eiffel Tower, the Moulin Rouge,\u00a0Sacre-Coeur, Notre Dame, and the list goes on. How could a student studying abroad\u00a0survive seeing all the sites and dealing with the Parisians? Here\u2019s a short list of what\u00a0I learned about Paris while on the Forum-Nexus study abroad experience!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">1. \u00a0Learn the basics of the language. Locals are more willing to help if you show\u00a0an earnest interest in the language and try to communicate. Regardless of how they\u00a0look at you or the tone of their voice, remember to be polite and courteous. Just as\u00a0we have stereotypes of the French, they have their own views of Americans.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. Travel in smaller groups. Three to four people are the perfect size when\u00a0exploring the city. Not only does it help with decision-making, it helps fit everyone\u00a0into a small corner caf\u00e9. Some faux-pas to remember: try not asking for to-go boxes\u00a0or splitting the check. Also, coffees are supposed to be enjoyed while sitting down \u2013\u00a0not having it to-go like Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">3. Have a general sense of where things are. It is always handy to have a map of\u00a0the city and metro stations available to help you navigate the city to and from all the\u00a0points of interest. It also makes you look good in front of all your friends when you\u00a0know where you\u2019re going \u2013 walking with confidence.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">4.\u00a0There are many gems in the city and quite impossible to do in the limited time that we had. As with all the other cities, plan out ahead of time where you want to go and what you want to see. Even having a general sense of the city is better than none at all.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By: Andrew Williams, Forum-Nexus 2014 alumnus<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Andrew-Williams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15083\" alt=\"Andrew Williams\" src=\"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Andrew-Williams.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Andrew-Williams.jpg 280w, https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Andrew-Williams-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Lights. Home to the Eiffel Tower, the Moulin Rouge,\u00a0Sacre-Coeur, Notre Dame, and the list goes on. How could a student studying abroad\u00a0survive seeing all the sites and dealing with the Parisians? Here\u2019s a short list of what\u00a0I learned about Paris while on the Forum-Nexus study abroad experience! 1. \u00a0Learn the basics of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,3,176,188,170],"tags":[181,107,41,55,108],"class_list":["post-15082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explore-the-world","category-study-abroad","category-the-forum-nexus-experience","category-travel-tips-3","category-travel-tips-2","tag-featured","tag-forum-nexus","tag-france","tag-paris","tag-study-abroad-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15082"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15090,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15082\/revisions\/15090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum-nexus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}