Category Archives: France
Au Revoir
I write this final post from the Paris apartment, poised to shut down the laptop, and pack it up with everything else to journey to Charles de Gaulle, where I’m catching a flight home today. I took the TGV from … Continue reading
Les Nuits Secrètes
The last few days have been fun and sleepless. On Friday evening, we (Lise, her boyfriend Olivier, and one of his friends from Sciences Po, their university in Lille) trekked to Aulnoye-Aymeries, a small town in The Middle of Nowhere, … Continue reading
Lounging in Lille
Lille, where I have been staying since leaving Brussels on Tuesday night, is part of a fairly large metropolitan area in the north of France. The city is much smaller than Paris though, without major sights or a large metro … Continue reading
Adieu, Paris
I’m now in Germany, enjoying a quiet week at home with Clara’s family in the small town of Bad Iburg after leaving the Parisian city lifestyle behind. Now that I’m finished with my internship, several of my articles have been … Continue reading
Tour de France
We took a break from packing this afternoon to fight the crowds downtown to catch the finale of the Tour de France, which was finishing in Paris today. We found a spot on the Place de la Concorde, which is … Continue reading
Endings and Beginnings
We’ve been slowly saying goodbye to Paris over the last few days…yet still discovering new things in the process, like a street full of crazy costume fabric shops at the base of the Sacre Coeur, and a trendy Brazilian bar in … Continue reading
Aux Champs Elysées
At the end of every summer, Paris imports tons of sand and palm trees from the south of France and turns the banks of the Seine near Notre Dame into a boardwalk/faux beach area, called Paris Plages. The several-week long event … Continue reading
Fit for a King
Ornate chandeliers, gold plating, immaculate lawns, complete visual overstimulation–today was spent in Versailles. The palace was one of the few main Paris sights I hadn’t seen before this trip, and now I understand why. Not only is it at least … Continue reading