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what I miss and why I'm happy to be home

January 04, 2017
wow... Being abroad feels like a world away now. It's almost as if it was all this crazy dream and I've woken up again. But it was all a real part of my life. I really was in Europe for a long time so it's impossible to come back and pretend that didn't happen. It would be crazy...

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"The Phantom of the Opera" [12/12]

December 29, 2016
life

time to say goodbye to France

December 16, 2016
Last night I had to say goodbye. I walked to the Eiffel Tower one last time to watch it sparkle. I spent the evening at my favorite cocktail bar with all my favorite people from the semester. We were chatting and laughing about memories from our times together. At the end of the night, we gave our hugs...

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my Parisian favorites

December 07, 2016
After three long months, I believe I have been in Paris long enough to have some repeat places and favorite spots in the city. I know this city better than the city I go to school in because I put so much pressure on myself to go out and explore in all of my free time. There's a...

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Je suis allée a Strasbourg and Colmar :: A Fairytale Town

December 05, 2016
Strasbourg, the capital of Christmas. Colmar, the inspiration for Belle's provincial town. We were set up for a great couple days of Christmas markets and perfect little storybook towns.  France's Christmas markets are by far the best way to get into the holiday spirit and there's no better place to go see them than where they all began,...

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Je suis allée a Amsterdam :: a lovely and disgusting place

November 20, 2016
Oh, Amsterdam. You were the most confusing place I have ever been to. I wanted to love you with all of my heart and in moment's, I did, but then you would remind me about how much of a disappointment you can be. Yet with all of that, I will still allow you to hold a special place...

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Je suis allée a London :: the other America

November 14, 2016
London is just one of those places that, as an American girl, sounds so dreamy and perfect. London is where all those perfect looking British boys with their sexy accents come from. London is extremely fashionable is a more eccentric way than Paris. London is full of elegant tea rooms where you can get afternoon tea every single...

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