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Paris day trips

So, you’ve seen what Paris has to offer. If you’re my hairdresser, you’re yawning. You’re bored. You’re so over it. Another delicious crepe with a perfectly-made espresso at a charming cafe table on the street across from a 16th-century cathedral? Pah-lease. Find me something to do.

Well, fine. Here are some great day [...]

Paris expedition

That whole ending with StefCory has gotten me depressed, so I’m going to go back to Paris. In my blog at least. This might not be that entertaining, so you have my permission to skip it. Sorry.

Here’s the thing about Paris. Let me tell you. Are you sitting down? Here it is. Paris is [...]

How to win at traveling: accommodations edition

I like to think I’m pretty good at planning trips. Spreadsheets, Google maps, itineraries, PowerPoints–you name it, I’m all over it. I mean, I successfully coordinated 14 people into a foreign country and we only lost one. So…that’s a pretty good success rate.

People tend to marvel with gaping maws at my ability to choose [...]

Castles ‘n stuff

That conversation about Paris with my stylist made me think I should try wrapping up my France trip recounting. It’s only been…6 months now.

When last we left our intrepid travelers, they had arrived in Cour-Cheverny in the Loire Valley at an adorable bed and breakfast. My main goal for this trip–besides seeing my awesome [...]

And then I died somehow

So…we’re driving Picassotron through most of France, and to get to our next destination: Le Beguinage bed-and-breakfast in Cours-Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. Home of the hyphens.

Let me paint you a picture: it’s about 7pm, there have been varying levels of rain over the past 9 hours you’ve spent on the road, but it has finally [...]

My favorite principality

I decided I need to finish chronicling my France adventure before I wipe all memories of 2010 from my brain on New Year’s Eve. That’s a good excuse for drinking too much, right? Erasing the past year to make way for the new? Much better than drinking to remove my kindness filter (or at least [...]

Nice to see you again

At the young age of 22, my suitemate and I made a pact: if, at the age of 40, we are both still single–let us move to Paris. Because, we imagined, there’s no better place to be single at 40 than in Paris. And if, at the age of 50, we are still both single–let’s [...]

C’est impossible!

Ok, the trip. Peppered with some French in that annoying way where the word is simply italicized to let you know it’s not English (in case you couldn’t tell…), without any explanation of what exactly it means.

The boyfriend and I (hereafter referred to as “we”) landed in Paris around 10am local time Friday (after [...]

Nonagon of love

Please excuse the self-indulgence, but I’m going to chronicle my recent trip through France here so I can remember it. I very optimistically brought a small notebook in the hopes of journalling during the trip, but unlike my undergraduate self I failed to open it.

Here’s my biggest tip for going on a most excellent [...]

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