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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jenesaisquoi | Views [134] | Scholarship Entry
For our school trip to Paris, which would also be our last school trip ever, my friend and I forged the perfect plan; we were going to overthrow the bourgeoisie in the city of revolution, all whilst smoking Sobranie Cocktails and being chic. So when the ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By oblique | Views [351] | Scholarship Entry
"Do you see a man over there in the bushes?" asked my friend, pointing to a weird bundle in the dark park next to the Eiffel Tower. It was past midnight and we had been drinking extremely cheap wine to get us through the night,so seeing a man whispering ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ruhikandhari | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
It was a treat for the senses. Music had percolated every nook and cranny of the street, eyes met walls, an endless canvas for art and it was hard to prevent my feet from dancing away. This was my first trip to Europe, and the chosen city was Paris. Born ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By notallthosewhowanderarelost | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry
Have you ever felt like not living your life to the fullest? I was kind of born with that thing. It even had the temerity to follow me in Nice when I was sent from my university to spend a semester. North France, oh la la! Having the chance to live like ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By talesofatourist | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
At the age of fifteen I travelled over to Lyon to take part in an educational exchange programme at the very same time in which my cousin was working in the area. The coincidence perfectly allowed for us to meet up and explore the area freely. I’ll never ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sanna | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
Every wander lusting heart recognises this magic. Anything can spark it. The unfamiliar whiff of an arrival lounge; the first look at a steadily approaching runway, the bump of arrival; the first step into a sunlit patch on a new street that doesn’t yet ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By honeybeeadventurer | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
Hoards pass through at all times of the day. All programmed for a destination but none of them know where they are going. Tall suits and smart ties, determined heels and pushy skirts, phones glued to their ears, frosty eyes glued to screens, in and out, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By naturewarrior | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
The cool but pleasant autumn night greeted us at 7 PM, as we stepped outside the Palais Royal – Musee du Louvre station. Several footsteps took us to the marble courtyard leading to the infamous Glass Pyramid that serves as the entrance to the legendary ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By virtusdiary | Views [96] | Scholarship Entry
Something surrealist happens tonight. We have just left Paris by bus, it is now 20:44. This must be a new episode that follows the sun set magical colors. Now everybody is starring at the moon, the full moon, lightening our way. This northern French landscape, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By nedjma | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
France, Paris, Eiffel Tower, Triumphal Arch…Those are the words my mother used to depict the destination we were heading to. On the tips of my toes I was reaching for the flight ticket. It was my very first trip abroad and I was going to fly to one of ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [130]
The cow have taken over the grounds of an abandoned hotel, slowly moving closer, but then they are also closer to the river and that noise is drowning them out somewhat. Who knows maybe they've been invited in to keep the grass short before ... Read more >
Wed, 14 May 2014 | By saharaw | Views [146] | Scholarship Entry
My legs are aching but adrenalin pushes me forwards. I am afire, burning up in my overworked core. I fumble one-handed with my zip, letting cool wind in. My hand is back on the handlebar just in time to swerve around a taxi dropping off tourists with ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By corafogarty | Views [263] | Scholarship Entry
Stepping out of Montparnasse Station into the glaring sunlight is akin to passing through a portal into another world, especially if you’ve spent the past three weeks living in the remote French countryside. All around there were people bustling, cars ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By arizonarose | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
“I was fully prepared to hate that!”, I quipped, slurping another mouthful of champagne. A balmy summer night in Paris. Mum, just in from New Zealand. Despite my concerted effort to hate it, we had both just enjoyed a show in the Moulin Rouge. I had been ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By gie | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
I've been everywhere. I've walked in awe through the halls of Notre-Dame de Paris; I've seen it in flames with angry 15th century villagers crying out in anger and protest, but that's not all: I've also been elsewhere in France. I've been to the 19th ... Read more >
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