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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By 1000adven-tours | Views [77] | Scholarship Entry
Currently, I am an exchange student in France. This six months of hard work with students from all over the world (India,France, United States, Mexico,Brasil, Philippines, Australia, Argentina, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Azerbaijan,....) was a ... Read more >
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Sun, 17 May 2015 | By emissary | Views [182] | Scholarship Entry
It’s not difficult to travel to Giverny, but it took me years before I finally made it. After I graduated from college I lived in France for a year teaching English in a little town an hour south of Paris. I always thought about catching a train north, ... Read more >
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Sun, 17 May 2015 | By ravennadumonde | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry
I’d been living in Guadeloupe for two months before my neighbor first brought me to the hot springs along the D7, a busy island road that I crossed several times a week. In the Caribbean, you can be sure to pass incredible sites every few miles without ... Read more >
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Sat, 16 May 2015 | By hipatalia | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
I love Paris, I have always loved Paris, so when I went three years ago was mad with happiness. But unfortunately for me, it was one of the roughest trips I've ever had. I arrived late due to turbulences, snow collapsed many of the streets of Paris, Notre ... Read more >
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Sat, 16 May 2015 | By kcemmett | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
On Learning to Love Home. I grew up in America and like all angsty teens, left the second I had the chance. I waved goodbye to my family, lifting my arms in triumph in the TSA body scanner. Looking over my shoulder I saw my mother shaking her head, ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By profcafe | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Views [420]
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
Fri, 15 May 2015 | By zuchie | Views [101] | Scholarship Entry
Finally! I get to see the Mona Lisa. This was my last thought as I drifted off to sleep. The following morning brought a different level of elation. Dressed in my favourite pair of black Jeans, purple turtle neck top, a black ankle length boot and for ... Read more >
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Tue, 12 May 2015 | By sanjayrsinghal | Views [129] | Scholarship Entry
We did not discover the bakery, behind the Boisières, until the weekend; we smelled something delicious, and investigated. It was not a large space, tucked into the back of the square behind the Rue des Bourdonnais, but fronted with glass, and polished ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Views [431]
“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
Mon, 11 May 2015 | By ryangoodsell | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
As our luggage stuttered across the cobbled road behind us, we approached a gigantic building that looked as film noir as a Venetian blind’s shadow. Scenes flurried in my head of parting lovers. The Gare de Lyon is a beautiful place. Venturing inside, ... Read more >
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Sun, 10 May 2015 | By sarahtiplady | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
It is not often that we are given a brief scope into a stranger's life. These chance encounters can provide the most profound, yet temporary space for conversations left to the unknown- a privilege and a free ride south. Standing in the rain next to ... Read more >
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Sat, 9 May 2015 | By felicia_bonanno | Photo Gallery
City of Lights for a year
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Sat, 9 May 2015 | By ellenelizabethshillito | Photo Gallery
Trips here are continuous and always fruitful. Whether it be culture, scenery or just a new experience France provides it in multitudes
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Fri, 8 May 2015 | By yrosh | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
Walking through Paris is very similar to waliking throug heaven. I guess that's why they call it The City og Lights. To me being in this beautiful city was like being at the same time in the 19th century and in the very bright future. But the present ... Read more >
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