Amherst College Global Education Blog
Interviewee: Emeline Montgomery Hometown: Vendenheim Occupation: Illustrator I interviewed my friend, Emeline, whom I met at my internship where I was a teaching assistant for a Korean class, and she was one of the students. We became friends, and I learned that her mother is Alsatian and her father is English. I interviewed her on Christmas Eve at her
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About a month after arriving in Strasbourg, I was invited to the home of an Alsatian family from the international church that I attend (Trinity International Church of Strasbourg). Myself and other students from the church were very well fed that day – the Alsatian way. Throughout the afternoon, we ate an unhealthy (though definitely delicious) amount of an Alsatian
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Two years ago, I visited Europe and toured the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. I also visited France, or more specifically Petite France in Strasbourg, France, for about 30 minutes – just enough time to take a couple of photos but not enough to be able to proudly say “I’ve been to France!” Moreover, I didn’t get the impression
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