{"id":2513,"date":"2025-10-24T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:58:41","slug":"jccc-friendship-goes-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/10\/24\/jccc-friendship-goes-international\/","title":{"rendered":"JCCC Friendship Goes International"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photo provided by Candyce Roques)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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French international student Candyce Roques has been in the US for almost three years, adjusting to her new life in another country and experiencing several culture shocks. Tipping culture, strange food, and a country that\u2019s just so big.<\/p>\n

While at JCCC, she met Abigail Troilo in her business class, and a cross-cultural friendship bloomed. Eventually, Roques asked Troilo to accompany her to France, her home country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI actually planned the entire trip myself, since I invited Abigail to visit my country,\u201d Roques said.<\/p>\n

She put together a list of activities and places she wanted to visit with Troilo.<\/p>\n

The plan was to spend two weeks in France. \u201cWe spent most of our time in the south of France in Montpellier,\u201d Roques said.<\/p>\n

Montpellier is off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Offering a rich culture, Montpellier has one thousand years of history on display through their medieval streets, mansions, museums, and neighborhoods, making it a great place for travelers to explore and see the sights.<\/p>\n

The two friends spent four days together in Paris, the capital of France. Home to the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, and the Louvre, Paris is a big city that everyone wants to visit. Nicknamed the \u201cCity of Love\u201d for its romantic ambience, Roques and Troilo found platonic love during their time in the city, strengthening their friendship beyond their cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n

During their travels, they participated in many activities together, partaking in the country\u2019s many restaurants, monuments, and museums. They also went hiking, to the beach, and even canoeing. Roques showed her friend the beauty of her country and even her family, traveling to her aunt\u2019s home in Dublin for a weekend. As their travels come to an end, Roques and Troilo\u2019s friendship has gone beyond a cultural level, with both learning about each other’s country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

French international student Candyce Roques has been in the US for almost three years, adjusting to her new life in another country and experiencing several culture shocks. Tipping culture, strange food, and a country that\u2019s just so big.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[184],"class_list":["post-2513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Saul Epstein","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/sepstein\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_3557.jpg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/mckenzie-hollinshed\/","display_name":"Mckenzie Hollinshed"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Life<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Life<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 months ago","modified":"Updated 11 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 24, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 24, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 24, 2025 5:58 pm","modified":"Updated on October 24, 2025 5:58 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":184,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"mckenzie-hollinshed","display_name":"Mckenzie Hollinshed","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_3557.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513\/revisions\/2515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}