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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By saskiacaroline | Views [113] | Scholarship Entry
At first flying solo didn’t seem to be a problem; I sauntered down the cobbled streets of Amsterdam at my own pace, tiptoed to catch a glimpse of the Night Watch, and pretended to like beer for the benefit of a certain bartender at the Arendsnest. Growing ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By okses | Views [117] | Scholarship Entry
All my little adventures start when I am at right place and right time. I see and hear something exclusive, the main thing is to have charged camera, be silent, imperceptible and speak less. So, there is one of my chances. Rainy morning. Ticket windows ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By thewanderinggiraffe | Views [78] | Scholarship Entry
It was one of those nights – an ‘I’ll just have one’, ‘we’ll just stay ten more minutes’ sort of night. We had ended up in ‘Le Chat Noir’ in Pigalle. A pianist struck up some sultry dinner music on an impressive-looking grand piano while I ate my Beef ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By saedabuhmud | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry
In 2007 I was in Geneva for a week visit participating in the human rights council, this was my second visit after 2005 visit, at that time I was so excited with the fact that France is just behind the corner and I was so anxious to visit Paris. It ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By epicurious | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
In a meeting I noticed my boss was unusually uncomfortable, for the next 15 minutes I only heard a few key words “job eliminated, a year’s severance, early retirement”. Stunned and bored at home, it didn’t take long to contact a friend, get the ok to ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lonewolflauren | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
My home was Versailles, “une banlieue” (suburb in French), but not by my North American standards, as walking through this ancient town was as delicate an act as sipping tea from fine china. This town deviated from the big box store garnished burbs I ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By christianna | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
The sun dipped down toward the Pyrenees and the Med sparkled seductively on the horizon as our ancient Mercedes bounced across the cobbles of the one way system in Perpignan. The Madame at the chambres d’hotes we found bustled into the room ahead of ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By gracey | Views [108] | Scholarship Entry
It was late so we decided to spend the night in the van. It was an impromptu trip over to Paris and we hadn't quite thought ahead to accommodation. Well we were young. We managed to layer up the blankets and coats and jumpers over the top, we were like ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By discovertheworld | Views [102] | Scholarship Entry
I lived six months in beautiful Alsace; a full period of my life when I traveled a lot and Colmar was one of the first cities visited in this region. It was love at the first sight! First time, I visited Colmar in early January, when the city was still ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mdavis | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
As my clattering low-cost coach leaves Italy, I start thinking about my difficult relationship with cars. I don't have one, I don't even have a driver's license. I'm starting to believe that when it comes to private transport I am paralyzed by a mysterious ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By totheheartofmyworld | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
“Why don’t we go to the cemetery?” Cristina said, the first morning we woke up in Paris. I laughed. Was she serious? Did she want to visit a cemetery in a city where there are so many wonderful things to see? However, before I could say anything she added:... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By missfry | Views [85] | Scholarship Entry
I hate Paris. It is a city for lovers, not little old lonely me. I mourn the loss of a relationship severed by distance. I ache for home – for the stolid pride of London, the brashness of New York, even the boring predictability of the New Jersey suburb ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By gardenparadise | Views [129] | Scholarship Entry
My 10th visit to France, one of the rare where I didn’t go to Paris, one that was 800 km south from it and only 2 hours away from the Spanish border. I knew I was going to the countryside and I was daydreaming of seeing vineyards or fields of lavender ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lucasmoura87 | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
It was the third day of our backpacking. Elias and I had left the astonishing Mont Saint-Michel to cross the landscapes of Basse-Normandie. Our bags were piled on the back seat and we didn't even realize it was after 9 PM when the sun hid behind us. We ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By nanklesaria | Views [99] | Scholarship Entry
My Little Montmartre Excited and exhausted we arrived in Paris after a delayed flight. We hopped into the first taxi we could find and handed him our hotel address. Two hours later muttering in French, he stopped at a hotel which looked completely different ... Read more >
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