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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By brittauschkamp | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By bphotography | Views [365] | Scholarship Entry
The force of the slowing train caused my resting head to dip forward abruptly. I peered out the window, squinting as my eyes adjusted to the midday light. It seemed odd that there would be a station here, all I could see was tall yellow grass. Glancing ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ayconry | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
I can wile away an entire day walking the streets of a new city, going wherever my mood leads me. It's the best way to find the fun, the locals, the unexpected. Case in point, on a recent trip to Paris I discovered, quite by accident, the 59 Rivoli ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By livonne | Views [1855] | Comments [14] | Scholarship Entry
It was Jim Morrison's grave and the sunset that caused all the trouble. We would have caught the last bus if I hadn't insisted on waiting to get that perfect shot. The sun setting over Paris, it's muted haze turning the Seine into river of molten gold ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By dsavigni | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
From the Vierville draw, I scanned the long, sandy crescent US soldiers had stormed on June 6, 1944. I tried to imagine the carnage. But the tide was in and it didn’t look at all like the pictures. People played Frisbee right in front of the National ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By karinaseyeball | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
Everyone has the same dream when we are kids. About flying through the sky, discovering and conquering all over the world. Being Erasmus in the center of Europe, I discovered my Greek friends looking for coffee places and relax. Others were trying to ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By howdeep | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By carwynjones | Photo Gallery
Ça Bouge! The streets of Le Panier
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By carwynjones | Views [377] | Scholarship Entry
Ça bouge! is the cry of Marseille. It translates as ‘It moves!’ - perfect for this city of real contrasts that does just that. But no one’s told the colony of cats lazing in the soft evening sun on an anonymous church wall in Le Panier, the oldest part ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By hexbomb | Views [255] | Scholarship Entry
My brother, marathon runner, raced to the top of Mont St Michel. I barely made it up the first steep winding alleyway before I had to stop and lean on an old stone wall, completely out of breath. We had found Mont St Michel very much by accident. My family ... Read more >
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Wed, 20 May 2015 | By misshamburglar | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
My study abroad experience in Poitiers, France taught me a lot of valuable lessons. The first lesson I learned was that I hated small towns. I'm from Los Angeles, the land of traffic, smog, and dogs that fit in purses. Small towns are the equivalent of ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Views [549]
I’m not fond of the snobbish air of many Parisians toward foreigners. I may live here now, but I easily remember the neck-craning wonder tourists experience…leading them to barricade the narrow European sidewalks so locals have to step into ... Read more >
Tags: bateaux mouche, boat, cruise, paris, tour
Mon, 11 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Views [583]
“Home is where the heart is.” But what if your heart is divided up geographically, like a detailed map of all the places you’ve been? What if you’ve left pieces of your heart on dirt roads on continents oceans from your birthplace? ... Read more >
Tags: asia, home, hong kong, nomad, packing, paris
Sat, 9 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Photo Gallery
City of Lights for a year
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Fri, 1 May 2015 | By marciekiwi | Views [388]
Ahhhhhhh Pari, the city of lights and monuments and pastries. What an amazing place! So much history and things to see that there just wasn't enough time ... good excuse to go back I guess :-)
it really is the coolest thing to get on a train ... Read more >
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