A public post?  Haven't written one of these in awhile! I promise to update the rest of my European travels... eventually. Not today, though!

I'm in Columbus, Ohio for the summer, interning with Kappa's Heritage Museum. In other words, I totally scored my dream internship.

A guide to all the new people who will pop up in my blog:

Libbi, my roommate ( Read more... )

Remember Christmas? Way back several months ago? I never got around to actually blogging about that, so... here it goes.

My friend Kate is also an English teaching assistant this year, but in Marseille. We realized that both of us were staying in France for Christmas, and we decided to travel together for the holidays. I suggested Bordeaux for ( Read more... )

Leaving Marseille wasn't much of a disappointment. Although I had certainly enjoyed my stay there, it wasn't exactly my most favorite city in France. But I was headed to Nice, my second-favorite city in France, and by the grace of the traveling gods, I was going to be there for Carnavale!

I've been to Nice twice before: once with Sally, Sarah, and ( Read more... )

I started my two-week holiday by going to Toulouse, "la ville rose" (the pink city). Based on that description alone I figured I would like it... and I was more than right.

Tuesday morning started bright and early since I had purchased the cheapest train tickets possible aka the ones that left at the crack at dawn. I had to take THREE trains to get ( Read more... )

Living in France is about figuring out who I am--or at least who I'm not--while taking chances and trying new things. So far this has included trying new foods (oysters on the half-shell, escargot, fois gras, etc.), visiting new cities (Le Touquet, Nice, Bordeaux, etc.), exploring new museums (like the Musée des Beaux Arts in pretty much every city ( Read more... )

This is the second week of my winter holiday. The plus is that I'm not working while the kids are with their grandparents. The minus is that I'm not paid either. Luckily I did some extra baby-sitting Saturday night for a good chunk of change ( Read more... )