My Paris To-Do List

I've been in Paris for about 3 weeks now and I finally feel like I have fully settled in. I bought some furniture on Le Bon Coin, I started a babysitting job, and I've been more serious about studying French. Now that I have adjusted to my living space I want to spend more time …

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Le Bon Coin: The Craigslist of France

Back home in Texas, I'm a huge fan of Craigslist. I love being able to buy used items which is essentially a win-win-win: win for me for getting an affordable item, win to the seller for getting money for their unwanted item, and win for the earth because well reusing an item instead of buying …

I Moved to France

Oui, c'est vrai! About a week ago I packed my bags and left Dublin for good and took a flight to Paris where I met my boyfriend at the airport and have begun a life in the proclaimed City of Lights. Overall, Dublin just wasn't doing it for me. It was cold... and well rather …

Pickpocketing

I myself have not been the victim of scams or pickpocketing (knock on wood), but I've heard a couple stories on people who have been taken advantage of. Aussie I talked to in the Bruges hostel. Got scammed in Paris. He was walking down the street and someone took his wrist and tied his wrist and …

We are *not* under attack

There was a bit of a scare in the Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. Just in case, I wrote about the whole thing as it happened. With all the terror in Europe, especially in Paris, they take safety to the max. 13:47 I am currently sitting outside the Paris airport (CDG). I was in …

The Palace of Versailles

It took me an hour and a half and 4 trains to get here, but I managed to make it. I spent around 4 hours looking through the palace and the gardens. C'est magnifique! If I had brought my passport with my student visa, I might have gotten to enter free. Students studying in the …