Paris

The bookstore isn’t just a bookstore, though it appears that way on the outside. …

Visual art is an interesting field. On one hand, it should be simple and accessible by everyone with eyes, but on the other hand, it’s perceived as enormously pretentious and requiring a substantial background to engage with. Recently, contemporary art has often come under attack as the modern art market…

The morning began like most others, except I now had another person to enjoy it with. I got up a little earlier before my class to grab some pastries for breakfast, primarily so Steph could try her first croissant in Paris. Class was a little more laid back today because…

for Maria and after Anthony Bourdain (June 25, 1956 — June 8, 2018) 1984 “Watch out! She has a gun!” called out the Cite Universitaire philology student working as a summertime clerk in student housing where attempting to book a room in the 13th arrondissement, at about 13:00 hours on the…

1869, Elektron eBooks, 312 pages. Written in French, read in English. The book begins with a warning: Turn back. Advising the reader to turn back at this point, while nothing yet was revealed and nothing yet was lost, is always a good incentive to continue reading, fueled by the curiousity…

Garre Du Nord to hostel where bleary eyed I rememeber my times with a crazy Irish Lass in 2016 I know that I am almost at my stop when I see the first recognizable landmark of Paris, the moonly white of the Sacre Couer Cathedral planted atop the hill of…

After roughly two-and-a-half weeks of being alone in Paris, I finally have some new company joining me! This morning I slept in and then made myself a late breakfast. My aunt would be arriving at CDG Airport at 1:00pm, so my plan was to leave around 1:15pm, giving her time…

My selected list of fifteen experiences I am now grateful for. We know how life comes at us: Fast. That’s when everything is off-kilter and when all the vortex of horribles comes in threes, as the adage says. So, it is at these times I pull out my ongoing list…

Europe is a land of wonders, and every city is a treasure trove waiting to be explored. It's a continent so rich with history and culture, that it would take a lifetime to see it all - which is why we've compiled a list of the top 5 must-visit destinations…