American in Reims: How to manufacture memories

What happens when your study abroad experience isn’t the one you wanted? After months away, Otto Fritton PZ ’27 picks up his abandoned column and reflects on the four months he spent in Reims, France. Between cooking with his host mother, playing soccer in the hail and galavanting in a couple of fields, Fritton realizes how hard it is to notice life while you’re still living it.

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