I wanted to entitle this post 'Ennui' because I feel that way right now, but that would not be doing justice to the last week, so I shall refrain. So, last week was my first full week of classes. Allow me to say: exhausting. I have counted, and, officially, I have 26.5 hours of class …
Nuit Blanche
Today, my host sister Virginie asked me to explain Thanksgiving to her. That was interesting. I've come to the conclusion that it's a silly holiday, but still yummy, and that's what matters. While Americans know how to party, I've decided that the French really know how to celebrate. In France, they have an annual festival …
School is still school
So, they sort of lied to us when they said our classes don't start until next week. We found out mid-week that the lectures for history started this week, but nothing else. Also, classes at the Institut Catholique started this week. Which meant that I had two more classes this week than last week. And …
Normandie, et plus
I have so much to say, the last week has been so busy and interesting. First of all, my classes have been pushed off another week. Yes, the French university system is extremely disorganized, so, while we were supposed to start this week, we don't actually start until next week. Sweet. Today, signed up for …
Over a month, now
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 …
