So today Becca and I were able to escape Paris and venture out into the suburbs. After the insanity that was Versailles, it was nice to go somewhere quiet. We had an amazing lunch with my aunt’s sister and her husband, and … Continue reading →
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When Pere Lachaise was built on the outskirts of Paris in the 19th century, no one wanted to be burried in there. As a way to convince people to burry their families there, well know people like Heloise and Abelard were placed in the cemetery. To this day people flock to see the graves of […]
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Before Père Lachaise was built on the outskirts of Paris in the early 18th century, they had run out of room to bury the dead in the graveyards. However, since the cemetery is not consecrated, they had a difficult time … Continue reading →
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For seven years my mother forced me to attend catholic education classes every Sunday morning Not only was the class on a weekend but, it was at eight in the morning. I would always hate when Sunday mornings came because I had to wake up earlier than any other day of the week and go […]
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On Thursday, our class took a trip to the Pere Lachaise cemetery. So far, this has been my favorite class visit. The cemetery is the largest in Paris at 110 acres and contains 1,000,000 graves. Pere Lachaise is named after … Continue reading →
“A visit to the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris adds a year to one’s life.” Read More »
Oscar Wilde said, “When good Americans die, they go to Paris.” After being in Paris for three days, I feel like Paris has become my home. I feel very safe in the city. Yesterday in class, we talked about enclosure. … Continue reading →
“A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.” Read More »
Back home in the states I live a two hour transit ride from NYC. Even though I have been to NYC more than Paris, I feel safer in this foreign city. Firstly, the metro and RER in Paris is so much better than the subway in NYC. Not all the stations are underground like NYC and in stations […]
Why I feel safer on my first day in Paris than NYC Read More »
Aurgh!! I haven’t even completely finished unpacking from Archaeology Field School. I was there for five weeks and took way too much. Hey, I needed five pillows, a down comforter, and 450 thread count sheets for the nights to negate the effects of my days spent shoveling, shnitting, troweling, lifting gigantic buckets of dirt, on […]
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Audrey Hepburn’s character Sabrina Fairchild once said, “Paris is always a good idea” and right at this moment I could not agree with her more. In one week, I will be embarking on my longest journey I have ever taken, to Paris, France. This trip will mark a lot of firsts for me; these include […]
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