It was the day we had all been anticipating. This morning kicked off our jam-packed weekend of excursions around the Côte d’Or and Côtes du Jura. Ahead of us lay three full days and two nights away from Cluny, packed with 4-5 excursions each day. After establishing a foundation of microbiological principles via classroom learning, […]

Have you ever seen a horse that was as well-trained as a dog? Today during our visit to the Cluny Equestrian Center, we met two horses that could sit, kneel, shake hands, spin around on two legs, lay down, and even roll over! But, what do horses have to do with wine or cheese? Well, […]

The following blog entry is a bit more serious than usual. If you came to this blog to read about how beautiful the French countryside is, what the Microbiology of Wine and Cheese course is like, and how life changing studying abroad can be, I suggest you read pretty much any of my other blogs. […]

Almost a week in Cluny had passed and although I was having a wonderful time studying wine and cheese, a pressing question itched at the back of my brain: Where exactly is this abbey everyone keeps talking about?! I knew that our hostel had once been the candle-making factory for the religious establishment and many […]

This morning started off the way that I think all mornings should: walking back from the bakery in town savoring a pain au chocolat (chocolate croissant) still warm from the oven. And, like most days studying abroad, my day only got better from there! You see, after a few days of establishing our understanding of […]

In my opinion, one of the best ways to understand a culture is to look around one of their grocery stores. So after six hours of lecture about fermented milk and cheese processing, I was excited to join my roommates for some food shopping in preparation for our class picnic tomorrow. Since essentially everything in […]