Korbin Korzan and Iris Ryckaert
Notre Dame (the one in Paris, not Indiana)
Ready to zip-line…
Off the side of a mountain.
Farewell from The Atomium in Brussels.
Korbin Korzan traded in a season of football for the trip of a lifetime.
The Coupeville High School junior, who had packed on the muscle in anticipation of returning to the gridiron for the Wolves, had his plans thrown awry when he met Belgian foreign exchange student Iris Ryckaert.
The duo dated during her time in America, and Korzan chose to skip playing football this year so he could spend a chunk of August and September visiting Ryckaert back in her stomping grounds. While their romance is taking a breather — at least for now — Korzan, also a standout Wolf baseball player, got to experience a whole new world.
His thoughts on the still-continuing trip:
Alright, well, probably the first thing I should get out there is that when I return Iris and I will no longer be in a relationship together.
We have made a mutual agreement due to the fact that she will be in a very fast paced university and I will also be very busy working, doing Running Start and my junior year. We have decided that for now best friends is what’s best for the both of us.
I’m confident our paths will cross in the future. True love always finds a way.
Other than that, Europe has been without a doubt the most amazing experience in my life.
I can’t even choose what I have enjoyed most because everything is so perfect here.
I’ve done so many cool activities from riding a Segway up a mountain, zip-lining off a cliff, seeing the Eiffel Tower, exploring all the old buildings in Paris, 23-mile bike rides, visiting many cities (and a country) on the French Riviera such as Cannes, Fréjus, Saint Raphaël, Monaco, Nice, Sainte Maxime, Saint Tropez…
So basically you name it, I’ve done it.
But when it all comes down to it, my favorite part is just experiencing European life with the best friend I could ever ask for.
One in a million get to stay in a house (a very very nice house) for three weeks for free in Belgium and France and I’m that one thanks to Iris. This has been the best summer of my life and I will never forget it.
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