by admin | Sep 18, 2017 | French Culture, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
I went on a real vacation to Kauai last week (a new blog post to follow shortly) and I feel amazing. I just realized that I didn’t know what it actually meant to take a vacation. It’s hard to understand when you don’t have real responsibilities before marriage, work...
by admin | Aug 10, 2017 | Travel
Traveling with kiddos can be exhausting. For us, the time we spend at our destination is usually restful and fun, but our flights are another story. Lately, we have been making them more often. As a pretty sensitive being, I tend to feel bloated, fatigued,...
by admin | Aug 5, 2017 | Travel
If you are like me, traveling is an incredibly exciting time! I love to research everything about the place that I’m going and plan every detail down to what I will wear on the plane. Airport Fashion is buzzing these days, but I have posted a tried and true...
by admin | Jul 16, 2017 | French Culture, Lifestyle, Paris, Travel, Uncategorized
De La Démocratie en Amérique (Democracy in America) – Alexis de Tocqueville: You might be thinking, Damn, Paige. I am just studying abroad for a semester. I only need to say “Bonjour! Où est la bière?” No, you are living in another culture and no...
by admin | Jul 12, 2017 | Food, French Culture, Lifestyle, Paris, Travel, Uncategorized
Living in the Midwest after Paris is challenging for most people. At first is seems like a break to “la campagne”, but then you realize life amongst the cornfields is not as provincial as it seems. You are bombarded with overly air conditioned stores,...
by admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Lifestyle, Media, Paris, Safety, Terrorism, Travel
As I lay in bed with my daughter in the early afternoon, my phone starts making that Facetime noise. I pick up thinking that it must be early in Iowa, but Gigi and Grandpa miss their granddaughter. They tell me a bomb had just gone off at the IMF near the...
