LivinLaVieInParis

My last week! I can’t believe it’s come so quickly. My plans were mainly to try and get some last minute sightseeing and visits done, as well as recreate some of my favorite moments from my time here. Starting on Monday, before our last economics class, I went with my friend Jessica to a little creperie we stumbled upon while working on a project near the Jardins du Luxembourg. After lunch and class, I went home and grudgingly started to pack. The next day I had my full day of language class and architecture, with lunch at the local Café du Metro, my favorite dish of salmon and tagliatelle. I wasn’t feeling too good, but I went out to Montmartre and walked around taking some last minute pictures with my manual camera in black and white. ... read more

Oh it's been a long few weeks!! Afters Reims I was able to relax for a while and get into the final swing of ending the semester. The last few weeks were a bit boring but I'm doing as much as possible in my last 3 weeks left :( That Thursday I went to the qualification round of the French Open at Roland Garros, which was very worth it! I had a great time and got to take a picture with one of the winning tennis players, Rick de Voest from South Africa. Friday I had some people over for a small dinner get together and watched Office Space, followed by Breakfast In America the next day. A small American Diner in the Bastille, it was nice to get a good omelette, but it still had ... read more

And I can finally relax. Prior to my week and weekend trip, I took advantage of free museum Sunday and prepared myself for all of the work coming up in the last month of classes. My friend from Nevada, Antonio came to visit last week and between Rome and sightseeing Paris I am ridiculously exhausted. He arrived early Tuesday morning, and after long instructions on how to make it back to Gare du Nord, we finally met up and figured out the rest of our day. I showed him around Odeon and St. Michel with the Notre Dame, and woke up early for our flight to Milano. We arrived in Italy and decided to get a train directly to Roma, so I was a bit sad that I didn't get to see much of Milano that ... read more

So I got back late Monday, and began to plan out my first week of Spring Break while enjoying my favorite city in the world! Tuesday, I had heard a lot of one of the parks on the outskirts of Paris: Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement. There the Hippodrome is located, oh those crazy French gamblers hehe. The park is gorgeous and used to be the hunting grounds for the royalty, and is expansive and suprisingly still Paris. Parisian streets are exactly what you think of: gothic gargoyles mingling with the models on the street corners and harboring tiny little marble courts with majestic ancient statues. However, since I've spent a lot of time seeing the main attractions, it was nice to see another side of Paris with lush gardens and ponds and free ... read more

Hi everyone! Last week I had tests and went to a very fun salsa and swing dance class at a dance club, which proved to be a lot of fun. Wednesday I visited the French headquarters of Amnesty International, a learning trip but a good experience nonetheless. On Saturday, our program took us on our last trip which was to eastern France in Strausborg. We checked into the hotel and went on a brief walking tour of the city, which was really nice because of the river running through it and the style of the buildings. The Cathedral in particular was really gorgeous to see because of its strikingly gothic attributes against the little villages in the backdrop. We enjoyed free time after and had a nice dinner at a restaurant. The next morning they took ... read more