The next, and last, day, I checked out the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica.  I absolutely loved my tour guide, and I just don’t’ know how else I would have survived that tourist death trap if I didn’t have someone guiding me through.  Plus, she was so knowledgeable!  I finished off [...]

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My week-end in Lille ended with a huge Sunday lunch with my first host family. We had a platter of seafood that included raw, smoked trout, oysters, and escargots. Yes, I ate two escargots to be polite, but it was slightly painful (mentally). I also had a slice of the smoked trout, [...]

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