Eiffel Tower from the second platform

July 4th 2011
I've been home from Paris for about a week now, and it has definitely been a cultural shock to come home. There has been lots of adjustments--getting used to being served mountainous amounts of food in restaurants, everybody talking incredibly loud, the amazing politeness and awesome customer service, etc. I have a hard time right now remembering not to do certain things, like saying "thank yo ... read more

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I am starting this travel blog because I've been to a few places--not many, but a few--long enough to sort of absorb their essence. Each place has a different feeling, and I never want to forget what those feelings are. This is no expert's blog, no travel guru's adventures, but the adventures of an Average Josephina who has spent the last ten months of her life living in Europe and feels compelled to self-indulgance and to let her friends and loved ones at home know a little bit about what it's like to be here, doing what I'm doing and seeing what I'm seeing. I wanted to explain what it is lik... full info

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