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 [View Full Entry]

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I left off on Tuesday having taken my fabulous (not so much in reality) architecture test, followed by the regular student's night at FnP. The next day I was able to meet Thomas, Maggie's Parisian boyfriend (they met in Dublin and he's been helping me with everything Paris/French) and have tea and walk around the Buttes Chaumont in the 19th arrondissement. Very cool park and nice conversation with the company! From there I went to a barbeque that I was invited by my Swedish friend. She warned me that we would be the only women there, however walking into a room [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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What an exhausting week with Antonio.. but once I picked up my close friend Herbie from the bus station everything seemed to be better! I had one of the longest days ever, running around to school and meeting up for lunch at the Jardins du Luxembourg and after class walking around the Canal St. Martin was pretty cool and relaxing over a nice meal. Wednesdays I don't have class so we woke up for some crepes down the street and went to Les Invalides and saw Napoleon's tomb and the military monument of Paris, followed by a walk to the Louvre. [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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My friend Damir was right when he said I'd never want to leave Portugal! Just got back from the long weekend and Portugal was by far my favorite trip I've taken. I saw a total of 8 cities and had an unexpectedly amazing time. Even the pictures don't do the actual scenery justice-it was that beautiful there. The city of Lisbon was so eclectic in that it had its ancient buildings on one side of town, and modern masterpieces on the other from the world exposition some decade ago. I arrived painfully early Saturday morning to our hostel where I met [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Hmm where did I leave off? Last week was somewhat uneventful.. had 3 tests which were not so fun. I finished my midterms and got over being sick eventually. Most people were leaving for Spring Break so I was hung out with them to say goodbye and whatnot. Friday morning I left for Berlin. Not speaking an ounce of German, my friend Nick met me at the airport and from there we started a good day of sightseeing. I saw the Brandenburg Gate, the hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his baby (sad reference but popular nonetheless) and a museum with very [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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"For as long as a hundred of us remain alive, never will be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom- for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself" ~ Scottish quote This was my favorite quote that I saw many times this weekend and it was pretty impacting. It's been a long and difficult week, but remembering all of the love from friends and family the sun has been shining just a bit brighter in Paris. Last week I did a [View Full Entry]

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