The Chateau Support System

There's a lot to be said about studying abroad. There are adaptations to be made and ways to get prepared. A big fear for most is being homesick, not having a support system behind them and being lonely. That is something that has not been an issue here. I live in a Chateau with thirty five other people. Who are going through the exact thing that you are. They are there for you and they know how you feel. And you even have the "Chateau Mom & Dad" Jim and Jan.

So when there is a particularly hard week, maybe your friends will get together one night and cook a group meal. It is close to the end of our time here and last week my friends held a "Southern Night" wherein we pitched in on making a dish each. We had fried chicken, cornbread, beans, potato salad, blackberry cobbler, mac & cheese, and a hole table full of other things. It was a good night for those of us who had started to feel homesick. Nights like these make you feel like there is a family with you everywhere.

-Jessica Fitzgerald