This is an excerpt from my study abroad travel journal, roughly published in 2010, polished today. When you only have 6 months in Europe every day counts. So it was fitting that even my new friends and I all made similar itineraries for traversing...
It’s not often that you get to sit at the foot of the Eiffel Tower and watch the sunset. When I started this journal entry in March 2010, that’s where I was. I arrived in the middle of the Champs de Mars at dusk, and before long, the...
History is an incredible thing. Some pretty insane stuff has happened and that’s just what was written down. For example, Napoleon was somehwhat of a conqueror. He roamed Europe raping and pillaging (my own conjecture) and taking whatever the...
Have you ever wondered what the life of an au pair is like? Or how to see Paris like the locals do? I have. And Emily from The Glittering Unknown is living that life. I had the pleasure of interviewing Emily all about life in Paris as an expat. I...