Firstly, I can't believe its been three months... Happy third monthiversary Paris! Anywho, I realise its been a while, pals, but I'm sure if you've watched the news or read my last blog post, you'll understand why. After the Paris attacks, I spent a few days hiding in my apartment with Sam, and then Alice and I decided we needed to get out of...
Well, there was me telling you I'd been feeling homesick but I'd found ways to battle it and make myself feel better, and then Friday 13th happened! On Wednesday night, Riley arrived, she's a close friend from uni who's spending the first half of her year abroad in Valencia, and the following day was her 21st birthday. All very exciting, I'd been looking forward to...
How could someone possibly be homesick living somewhere as cool as PARIS? I know, I know. Its ridiculous, but its the truth. Firstly, I should explain that I'm a home girl, I love to be at home, I love to be with my family and my parents and my younger brother are three of my best friends. I missed them while I was at...
When my parents told me they had booked to come and visit me in Paris, I got a little bit (a lot) overexcited and planned our time as if I was writing an itinerary for a travel guide... But having now done what I had planned, I thought I'd share it because we had a really great time and saw some of the best bits...
Hello, bonjour, hola Last weekend my lovely pal Laura, who is also on her year abroad, came across from Lille (via Valencia, where she visited another friend!) for the day and I thought it would be nice to share what we did. On the Sunday night we went to Pizza Hut for dinner and then met with some friends from York, who were also...
Hello, bonjour, hola Its the end of week five at La Sorbonne and my sixth week in Paris and I am VERY ready for this week off I now have! Since this is sort of a milestone in my year abroad, I thought I'd share some things I've learned about Paris since I first arrived... 1. The French stereotype I'm sure that anyone reading...
Hello, bonjour, hola! Last weekend I had my first visitor in Paris - my gran! We had such a lovely weekend, so I thought I'd share what we did. Gran arrived on Friday afternoon, around 4pm, I found her at a little café just outside Gare du Nord with a glass of wine (watch out for the recurring theme) after having a bit of...
Hello, bonjour, hola! First month in Paris? Completed it mate. Today marks the end of my first month in Paris. Four whole weeks done and I'm still around to tell the tale! Pretty pleased with that. To celebrate, I missed a three hour seminar because of metro issues (thank you metro) and went to the park, read some of the play I'm supposed to...
Hello, bonjour, hola! On Saturday I decided I wanted to do some sort of sight seeing, so I searched on good old Google for some free things to do in Paris (I may be in Paris, but I am definitely still a poor student). After reading our choices - which included a wander round the gardens of Luxembourg, Notre-Dame Cathedral and Sacré-Coeur - to...
Hello, bonjour, hola! On Friday night, Sam and I ventured down to Le Carreau du Temple to check out a street food festival I'd heard about. Its a three day food festival, with food trucks surrounding the building, serving every type of food you can imagine - I'm talking fish and chips, burritos, steak, brownies, acai bowls, the lot! It seems that each year, the festival honours...
Hello, bonjour, hola! SO. It is finally Friday and somehow I have survived my first week of classes... just! What a week. If you've already read my post about Monday, you'll know I've not been holding out much hope for this week! I did have several repeats of Monday over the last few days - missing lectures because the website says a different or...
Hello, bonjour, hola! As promised, here is a post about my humble abode for the next few months. Sam and I are living on the fifth floor of a typical Parisian-looking building in the 15th arrondissement (an arrondissement is a section/district of Paris, there are twenty in total). There are two metro stations within a 5-10 minute walk. There's also a really lovely park down...
Hello, bonjour, hola! Monday was the beginning of the term at La Sorbonne (the university I'm studying at), which meant I had to stop relaxing and eating pain au chocolat and start attending some seminars, a scary prospect considering I've barely spoken French or Spanish in the last four months! Something I didn't really expect to do and didn't really enjoy doing, was making...
