So the title of this blog is a bit misleading because when it’s your first time to Paris, you are the ultimate tourist – waiting in lines, being herded through in huge crowds as you pass through some of the most famous buildings, monuments and paintings in the world. Although Paris in July is a huge mess of touristic madness, at least we weren’t succumbed … Continue reading The Parisian Life
San Fermín, famously know as the “Running of the Bulls” is a 9 day festival in July, celebrated in the little northern, Basque town of Pamplona. It is considered the “mother” of all Spanish fiestas, where the wild, the out-of-control, the uncouth, and the unashamed come out to play. It is the “thought-I-got-that-type-of-behavior-out-of-my-system-in-college…guess not” type of fiesta. With a modest population of 200,000, Pamplona explodes … Continue reading San Fermín Running of the Bulls 2012
Doing some more catching up on my blog writing! During one of the last weekends in April, I took my first solo traveling trip, as well as had my first solo couch-surfing experience. And where may you ask was my normal partner-in-crime, Nazli? – oh, she was off gallivanting in Greece for 2 weeks so I figured, “Well I’m not going to stick around here!” (Ok, … Continue reading All Roads Lead to Rome
After a 3 week whirlwind of travel and a little break from my blog, I have finally wound down a bit and got back into the writing spirit! The end of April, my travel vagabunda Nazli and I headed off to the lovely far off lands of Portugal. Nazli fell-in-love with Portugal after her first trip back in February and this ended up being her … Continue reading Portugal: The Old Wooden Door to the Atlantic
“The day when a Frenchman switches from the formality of vous to the familiarity of tu is a day to be taken seriously. It is an unmistakable signal that he has decided – after weeks or months or sometimes years – that he likes you. It would be chulish and unfriendly of you not to return the compliment. And so, just when you are at … Continue reading An American in Provence
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