I chose the apartment I’m renting this summer for all sorts of practical reasons:- it’s close to the students’ dorm. – it’s close to my mother’s place. – it’s on multiple metro lines. – shops and other amenities are accessible. – it is within budget. (<= super extra important) But if I’m completely honest, I …
Day 2 of Paris: we explored a little of the Ile de la Cite, stepped into Saint-Chapelle de Paris, and took a lovely boat tour down the Sienne. The interesting thing about these adventures was the symbolism hiding in every inch meter of this city. I’ve been through a few cities in the USA: particularly Fredericksburg, … Continue reading “Everything in Paris Means Something”
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July 1, 2017 Made it! So excited to be here but exhausted. I can not sleep on planes nor cars it is just fact at this point. So I figured I would write this blog in an effort to keep myself awake till 8:00pm when I can go to bed without making my jet lag …
Day two in Paris and I’m jetlagged and confused. Since I took Spanish in high school/ college, French is (literally) a foreign language to me. When buying breakfast this morning I felt very incompetent and the hostess was probably laughing at me while I struggled. I now know that the phrase I need to learn … Continue reading Learning Paris →
This is a complète from Crêperie Cluny in Paris. It’s a buckwheat crêpe with ham and cheese with a fried egg on top. The egg, you will note, has a bit of crispy edge, which you know I like. The ham is flavorful but not tough or stringy or fatty. I don’t know what kind […]
Nary a full day in Paris, and already we’ve lived a lifetime of adventure; from an uneventful flight to the mystery of French toilets, and then onwards to being lost in the rain trying to find our dorm. Never a dull moment! CHEEEEEESE, Gromit! A post shared by Emma (@emdspeer) on Jul 1, 2017 at … Continue reading “Adventures in Paris: Beginner Mode”
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Tomorrow evening I’ll be boarding my flight to Paris for #HISPinParis17! I’m so excited! Not much else is going on, I just wanted to use that gif again 😉
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I made these grill s’mores. The foil sits on the cool half of my grill as the coals from dinner die down. This is the easiest and least messy way to make s’mores and they are pretty tasty. The marshmallows are not charred like proper campfire s’mores, but they do have a bit of a […]
If you have seen a certain Pixar movie you know that ratatouille is the znootiest of all French vegetable stews. At the end of the movie a znooty food critic has a trippy flashback upon eating a particulary znooty layered ratatouille. Andi makes hers the old fashioned way, in a dutch oven… …but first she […]
