It's funny to think that I've been in France for over a month now. Give me another week or two and it'll be the longest consecutive period of time I've been out of the US. And it really doesn't feel like it's been that long. Maybe that's because I haven't been in one place this …
Il etait une fois…
I'm just going to stop apologizing for not writing more often, because I don't think you can fault me for having so much fun, and being so busy. Besides, then I'd be apologizing every time I post. The only problem with posting once a week or so is that everything accumulates. And I want to …
Napoleon was a hero to France, but just a clumsy suitor to his wife.
Paris provided a space for women to free themselves, if they chose, from the tangled web of romantic and familial relationships. It was where they could be free to be themselves. Free even to reinvent themselves. True Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris, Lucinda Holdforth I absolutely love this book I'm reading. Both of …
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Shakespeare & Co…
Sorry I haven't updated this week - it's been a little crazy. Much has happened though, in a week in Paris, so I shall attempt to update adequately. As I mentioned last time, Shakespeare & Co. is my new favorite place on earth. Today it was my refuge of happiness, and it was particularly perfect …
Paris, je t’aime…
Paris is everything I could want, and more. It's not the same city it was four years ago, but neither am I the same person I was then; it's okay, though, because we've both grown in good ways, and we still complement one another very well. I have to go to bed momentarily, to get …
Paris!!
I'm here! After two weeks of transition time, I am finally here. Home, more or less, if you buy everything I've said for the last four years, or more. And it's amazing, as it always is! I told myself not to get too excited, as we were driving in, because as soon as we got …
Au revoir, Tours
So, after nearly two weeks here, we are heading to Paris tomorrow. I can't begin to say how excited I am, but I'm scared all over again. Coming here, we were all too tired to be really scared, but now, I'm nervous. But first, there's so much to catch you all up on. And I …
Après plus qu’une semaine
Crazy, crazy weekend, but good. Saturday was château day. As in, the group goes to Chambord and Chenonceau for the day. But of course, my roommate and I - both of whom are chronically late - missed the bus. We got there and I called my friend Alex, and she said the buses had already …
Tout va bien
Salut! Everything is so much better now, finally. Those first few days felt so long, both because I wasn't happy, and because of jetlag. But yesterday was a fabulous day - the only thing that wasn't good was that I didn't have time to get on a computer, and believe me, there are far worse …
A Tours!
Bonjour tout le monde! Finally managed to get to an internet café and get on here. We are in Tours and after nearly two crazy days, I have made some friends, become familiar with the town, and my brain is slowly transitioning to French. My roommate is also named Kate, and we've bonded through the …
Kate Thorman 