It feels like I got to Paris yesterday after catching my 7 am flight from Germany, but it also feels like I’ve been here all summer. Today marks T-7 days until I fly back home to the U.S for the last fleeting moments of summer. […]
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All the king’s houses and all the king’s men were very elaborately decorated and were meant to show the power of the monarchy to the poor citizens. That’s how the nursery rhyme goes, right? Over the weekend, we spent a day at Fontainebleau, a castle built sometime in the 12 century. The original part of […]
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Why does French food have to be so delicious? It is really depressing to think that when we leave in just over a week, this yummy food won’t be at literally every cafe on every block of every street. Last night at dinner, Lily brought up that every cafe we have just happened to stop…
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((It’s ya girl, back again with another philosophy-themed post that absolutely no one asked for)) Paris has long been considered one of the intellectual and artistic centers of the western world. The city has been home to numerous artists, visionaries, and writers throughout her long life, and the reason for this is clear; Paris is … Continue reading “Her act was her very own” →
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Yesterday Jessica and I thought we’d have a nice, easy day and just relax at a public pool. We went to the Josephine Baker pool in the Bercy area. Absolutely nothing about the pool was what we expected. First of all, we were under the impression that the pool would be free. It was not. It ended … Continue reading French Pools Are Ridiculous →
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Over the past few days, as my cold tore my throat apart and left my ribs feeling bruised, I have really been only able to lay in bed doing busy work as I wait for my muscles to stop feeling as if they’re made of concrete. I decided that this forced relaxation time was perfect […]
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I am really loving the culture here in France; however, there are definitely some things I miss about home. Here is a list of the top five things that I love about France and miss about the U.S. The metro– I love being able to get almost anywhere in the city within minutes. The climate– … Continue reading Five Things →
The end of this week started off slow…until we went to Strasbourg! Churches July 17th On Wednesday, we just passed by a couple of churches on the way to pick up the Brittany cider bowls that we had seen before-the Church of the Val-de-Grâce and the Église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas. You can read about them in this […]
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(This is my attempt to talk about and understand how people approach photography, not a critique of anybody or the photos they take.) As much as we like to deny it, as students in this class, we are at least partly tourists. We may be discussing the brick bonds and column orders, but at the […]
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Last week our class went to the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, a cemetery in France home to many famous celebrities, star-crossed lovers, and beautiful tombstone architecture. Throughout class that day, which included getting lost multiple times whilst looking for relatives, my professor told us about how French cemeteries differ from American ones, mostly in terms …
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