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Category: France

Getting Ready for Paris

Over the summer, I worked as an intern on my local PBS station in Miami. I worked every day of the week and focused...
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Departure and Arrival

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind. I remember realizing two weeks ago that the summer was over, my summer job was done,...
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Expect the Unexpected

Everything works out. Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. The two statements above are less contradictory than you may think. I am...
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Second Study Abroad?

I have only been back in the US for a month and already I am packing up again, preparing to leave Evanston. I had...
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Study Abroad, Take 2

Hello! My name is Hannah Perez. I’m a junior Theatre and Legal Studies double major who is studying abroad in the Art, Literature, and...
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Pre-Departure: Les Plans

I’m writing this post while on the Intercampus shuttle home after my last full day of work this summer. In my backpack are a...
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Reflecting on Independence and European Fashion

More than a month after my return home, my experience in Paris seems kind of like a dream. My life there, away from family...
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A Quarter Older

After moving into my first apartment, I looked outside my window and stared down at the Northwestern University sign at the intersection of Clark...
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Among the tombstones at Père Lachaise

I rose from bed on my final day in Paris without much of a plan. My only friend left in the city at this...
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Yum Paris

Greetings from Heathrow International airport! I left my host family about four hours ago and am currently sitting in Heathrow airport in London, in...
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