My TD professor for my classes at the Sorbonne is driving me nuts. She talks so, so fast and throws all this new architectural jargon and all of this crazy Greek-names-in-French lingo without caring whether or not we understand what she’s saying. Now that I have a little handheld recorder, I’ve been recording what [...]

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Barcelona-
This weekend I had an awesome time basking in the sun and vivid colors of the Mediterranean :). I went to Barcelona for my 21st birthday, which was on Sunday, by myself, and stayed in a nice hostel. My favorite part about the whole city was all the architecture done by Gaudi, especially [...]

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I just moved into my new apartment, and I love, love, love it! I originally thought living with a host family would enhance my experience here in Paris, but I have a feeling that living in my own place is what I should have done all along. I’m on the very last floor, [...]

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I’m moving soon to a different apartment, and it is small but very cute.
I’m excited.
I don’t really have one single inspiration for this blog entry, but something I’ve wanted to talk about is couchsurfing.com and how amazing this site is. I met this amazing Georgian photographer and an Israeli video art activist studying international law.  [...]

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My parents and some of my friends asked me how France views the current financial crisis in the United States which leads me to believe that a lot of the people in the U.S. have NO IDEA that the whole world is now completely destroyed economically. Everyday, in every paper in Paris, there is an [...]

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So actually, that was supposed to be “Auf Wiedersehen” even though it sounds like the W is a V. (Typo!) 
Oktoberfest was great.  We woke up at 7 am so we could get to the beer garden-tent-things and grab a seat.  I went with my friend Lena, her boyfriend, and her two friends, and I wore [...]

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It’s 8:30 a.m. and I originally planned on stalking out Stella McCartney’s fashion show at 10 a..m. in the 3rd arrondissement, but I just feel too lame.  One part of me is really curious as far as people-watching would go, and the other part of me thinks going alone to people-watch is stupid and unnecessary.  [...]

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