The interns at UNESCO decided to get in the holiday spirit the other day and we had a secret Santa get together. It was a fun time and started to get me in the xmas spirit. That night, my friend Emilie and I decided to head to Champs Elysses and check out the holiday lights. Thierry recently got back from Japan and there was a sale on cameras. I decided to get a new one, hence the better night shots. The next day we decided to check out some vintage shops and Christmas markets. The vintage shops was so crowded and [View Full Entry]

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Hello hello I hope that everyone back home is doing well. I have mentioned before that I am working at UNESCO, but I have not really gone into detail some of the things that I am doing. I was originally hired to edit documents that had been written in French and translated into English. However, I am doing so much more than that. My first ‘assignment’ was to edit a document regarding marginalized adolescent girls and how to help them in trying to eradicate violence against women. In addition, I was asked for my opinion and recommendations. My recommendations were taken [View Full Entry]

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I thought that I would post some pictures of my apartment in case anyone was wondering what it looked like. I will preface that I feel that my apartment is not the norm, especially for students in Paris. I have a quite large and new apartment. I definitely had a horse shoe up my butt when I found this place. I am very grateful for it, and my wonderful roommate. I also decided to throw up some pictures of random furniture that I have seen in furniture stores. I went furniture shopping with Alain one day and we saw some very [View Full Entry]

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Wow, it has been a very long time since I have wrote something. First off, I will talk a little about UNESCO. I am officially an intern. I signed my contract and got my security clearance badge. The organization is interesting and I am really enjoying the experience. Sadly, I am coming to the conclusion that I doubt I will get employment out of it, but I am very thankful to have an insider’s view of an international organizational such as the UN. The way things work entertain me. Some days I go into the office and there is nothing for [View Full Entry]

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This Sunday will mark one month in Paris - wow, a month already. I have really enjoyed learning random facts about Paris. For instance, it is illegal for a business in Paris to be open seven days a week. If a business wants to be open on Sunday it has to have a special permit and be closed on another day of the week. If a company is open on a Sunday without the proper permit, it will be fined. I find this very interesting. So, the big news of the day…I got an internship with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific [View Full Entry]

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I have now been in Paris for three weeks. Things are going really good. I am starting to make friends and really enjoying the Paris culture. I am also learning quite a bit about the small things in Paris. For instance, medical stops. My roommate works for Air France as a crisis specialist. Basically, he helps people who have missed their connections or have some type of issue. The other night, there was a client who became very irate when he missed his connection and swung and the female teller. Thierry was right there and stopped the punch with his hand. [View Full Entry]

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The first few pictures in the blog are from Lac Daumesnil in Bois de Vincennes. I looked on my map and found the biggest green space that I could find. This is only a small portion of the space, but it is really pretty. The entire park covers 210 hectares. One of the things that I liked about the lake was all of the people that were jogging. I have found that in many of the green spaces people are very active. Had I not brought my great big jacket with my, I may have explored more, but I just wasn’t [View Full Entry]

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I discovered that the on first Sunday of every month, the Louvre is free. Considering I found this out, three days before the first Sunday of October, and I wanted to visit the Louvre, I felt it only obligatory that I attend this Sunday. I decided to get up early and spend the entire day there. I packed a lunch, had my camera, good runners and I was ready to go. I was happy that I arrived early because there was virtually no line at the security check. After that, considering everything was free, line ups were pretty much done for [View Full Entry]

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I have arrived in Paris, France, safe and sound. I am going to be here for 6 months, give or take an excursion. I am looking forward to starting school and meeting some new people. I am attending INSEEC, School of Business and finishing up my European Masters in Business (EMBA). Hopefully, once I am finished this, when I return to Vancouver I can find a job that will satisfy my career and financial goals. What can I say about Paris? It is definitely an amazingly beautiful city. When I arrived in Paris, after traveling for 18 hours, I had little [View Full Entry]

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Oh Canada! Our home and native land! What a great feeling to be back on home soil. It is amazing to go away to so many different countries and be put in a situation where you are basically lost all the time, and end here in Canada. We had some scavenges to do here and when we went to the subway station, you never had to ask people for help. You could just look confused and someone would come up and ask if you needed help. Once again, we waited for the scavenge list to figure out where we were [View Full Entry]

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