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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By writtenwanderings | Views [94] | Scholarship Entry
You and me and the English sun. I wanted to leave England, its summer was suffocating. Our little flat without air conditioning, though I do admit, Steven made amazing mojitos. Those were amazing nights, ones that I will never forget. Do you remember ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By idlethoughts | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I caught her eye from across the room, like a cricket player missing the worlds’ easiest catch, I; in my infinite wisdom, decided to flip my phone in the air. The phone hit me, my face jiggled from the impact and the phone fell. My life ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By segilchrist | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry
We drove slowly down the grandiose Champs Élysées in a hired van- one big enough to fit the whole family, Granny, Grandad, an Aunt, an Uncle, my father, and my brother. Relatives that seemed distant amongst the chaos of Paris. The scene under L’arc De ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By electra_painter | Views [142] | Scholarship Entry
I was in England, London doing an internship. I always wanted to go and explore foreign countries. And now was a big chance as I was close to every country, almost every country. But I was waiting for someone else to join me, but no one was willing to ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By thenomadsoul | Views [101] | Scholarship Entry
Palm Sunday.My first hours in Paris At 3pm I had come out of the gate of the hotel on Rue Brunel in central Paris.I was on a paved alley, tight as a corset, surrounded by typical Parisian buildings.They seemed to be the stone embodiment of the noble ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kyrgyz_adventurer | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
I was in Prague listening to music online and checking news on social media when an advertisement caught my eye.It offered a weekend trip to Paris,a city I always dreamed of visiting at least once during my lifetime. The price was amazingly cheap - round-... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By highwayunicorn | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
Being a freshly baked art historian, no surprise, I decided to visit the Louvre. Even if it is a cliche destination and a check mark in every tourist‘s map, I had a naively sincere wish to get into contact with the artworks that I used to see only in ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By waytulip | Views [81] | Scholarship Entry
On the outside, my new bosses exemplified New York’s successful business class: spa-polished skin; smooth, manicured handshakes; and two perfect children, aged nine-months and almost-two. They arrived in Paris one month before I did, with 500 Euros in ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By gatelo | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
Feeling like I had eaten enough to last me two months and slept enough to last me minus 2 days, loaded to the hilt with soft toys, and other paraphernalia required for a 30+ hour journey with 3 small children, we got off the plane in the small airport ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ctefi | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
It was pretty great,as i lay in my bed i could even see the stars,well at least those glow in the dark plastic stars someone had stuck on the ceiling. Nonetheless i did see them so that about sums up the way this city felt: as idealised as you would expect ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By fromsunrisetosunrise | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
The air on the plane was filled with a tension I have been craving all year and which made my whole being flare. It was rapturous to inhale the scent of fresh Swiss air and exhale ecstasy. I even fell in love with the grey concrete on which I was treading,the ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By maryky | Views [131] | Scholarship Entry
A funny experience really, now that I think of it afterwards. I should have suspected that something would go wrong when my aunt muttered the words "What's the worse that could happen?". Really aunt, have we not seen enough movies? Everything started ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kirill_fesenko | Views [260] | Scholarship Entry
The cold November rain stabs my neck and stings my face. With large steps, I cross the Pantheon square to hide under the roof of the massive dome. A heavy door lets me in. Here, it’s quiet and damp; I smell the musty odour of an old building but am happy ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By meditating_grace | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
The platform is teeming with an international crowd of backpackers eager to sit down. The arrival of the train is imminent. We have all grabbed our belongings and stand ready for the race through the doors. They open. We flood into the train and available ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By nontravelwithme | Views [108] | Scholarship Entry
I have wanted to go to the Côte d'Azur, and Nice in particular, for absolutely ages. Why Nice? The pun with nice, the fact that it's in France, the many many pictures of azure seas? Nothing in particular I can put my finger on, perhaps the many invocations ... Read more >
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