The first week in Château de Pourtalès

After two weeks of travelling, exciting journey, tiring days, sleepless nights, hectic schedules, new experiences and opportunities to learn more of French culture in depth, we finally reached the long awaited 200 years old castle “Château de Pourtalès”. After we were assigned to our rooms and our roommates, we had a lavish dinner in the nearby restaurant. Every day in Château has been like a challenge for me as I have been experiencing new things. The classes we have been assigned has been completely different from what I had expected earlier and it has been a challenge for me to build up my intellectual capacity. I have always been a compatible person and thus I have been able to handle the pressure of taking classes that are not a part of my interests.
I have never taken any philosophy classes during my high school and it is quite difficult for me to understand the key element in knowing the exact definition of philosophy. This is one of the classes which I found really interesting even though I lacked a lot of knowledge about it. I noticed that philosophy helps us to broaden our thinking capacity, perspective and our perception towards what we see. The next class we have is quite interesting as it is concerned with the European integration where you have a lot of issues to deal with. I was awestruck to see the number of questions we had when we dealt with some of the topics on the economy, warfare, trade and the integration among the European nations. Learning about different cultures has always fascinated me and so the other class we have deals pretty much about the civilization and the origin of the countries and their contribution towards the people all around the world. Each and every day I have been experiencing a lot of different things and have made my intellectual capacity growth higher. During my time here in France I want to make the most of it and take every day as a new challenge. I want to take as many memories and knowledge with me when I return to Colby- Sawyer and cherish the moments I have with me for a lifetime.