Destination: France

I fell in love with Paris.

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By amyaelizabeth | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry

"I'll never forget the day that I caught the travel bug” On a summers night in 2007, I was 15, I had just spent two weeks in England visiting family and was about to embark on a five week trip through France and Italy with my grandparents. Starting in ... Read more >

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Epiphany On A Hill

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By edlin | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the September morning I sat on the steps of Sacré-Cœur in Paris. It was hours before my plane's departure, so I let my travel companion sleep while I trekked out. I let the winding streets of Montmartre lead the way. All I knew was ... Read more >

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"Long Leave The Army!"

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By touringtheworld | Views [389] | Scholarship Entry

Countless contradictory emotions invaded me the moment I stepped in Verdun’s Cemetery in North East France last March.The most difficult task was to fight the tears that wanted disparately to stream down my face at the sight of the numerous graves.Maybe ... Read more >

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You put your leg where?!?

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By eryn_williams4 | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry

There it was. I had dreamt about this moment many an afternoon spent staring out the window of my classroom. It was a beast of a structure with steel aesthetics that screamed, "MOUNT ME!". Well, what was I suppose to do? I couldn't simply ignore the request ... Read more >

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La Seine and Cigarettes

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By kleaver | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry

I was buried in the arms of a fat, sobbing Frenchman. A few tears in my eyes. His tears flowed not unlike La Seine. His spectacles were fogged, occupying only a tiny proportion of his round, now red face. Some people watched the odd scene unfold. Here ... Read more >

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Photos: Paris is a moveable feast

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By div | Photo Gallery

My Surreal Moment

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By rebeccaowens | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the day that… I climbed the steps of the Notre Dame Cathedral. For me every place I travel to has a moment, that one moment that completely defines the place for you, embedded in your memory forever. My moment in France was at the ... Read more >

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And Then We Ran Into the Eiffel Tower

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By rachel907 | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry

On my first night in Paris I discovered that all the streets looked the same when you were stumbling through them blindly. I was with three of my friends—Sam, Tamara, and Catherine. None of us had been to Paris before, and none of us had any clue what ... Read more >

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Oui, I love fish

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By hblionheart | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry

Marseille. City of boats. City of angry French protestors. City of bouillabaisse. I was there as part of my European adventure, ready to discover the sun-filled wonder of southern France and the Mediterranean. I left the train station, eager to avoid ... Read more >

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Bohemian Fairytales

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By cassandraelli | Views [126] | Scholarship Entry

Montmartre is a place so beautiful as if it had been plucked from a storybook. Coated in cobblestones and aging artists with paint in their wrinkles, overflowing with perfection. But every story has its villains. The artistic district is kept at the ... Read more >

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A glimpse of magic in Mont Saint Michel

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By troyopost | Views [1159] | Scholarship Entry

Historic sites have a unique charm, most of us agree on that and if you are like me, pretending that you can actually travel in time when you stand on the very same spots where people have stood hundreds and -even better- thousands of years ago, is something ... Read more >

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Who are you?

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By donnamairi | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry

The darkness around us was almost complete. Only small flickers of light illuminated the uneven earth below my feet. We faced each other. At first, I could not look at them directly. My eyes flitted from face to face, resting on each but only for a moment.... Read more >

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An Invitation

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By bluved | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry

Billowing grey cloaked the Parisian skies as I emerged from the metro, black boots percussive on moist concrete. The wall loomed ahead as I traversed the street, a symbol of confinement and solitude stretching away into the horizon line. Crossing the ... Read more >

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Paris Disappointment

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By kimdingess | Views [250] | Scholarship Entry

We were on a tourist boat on the Seine River in Paris when my heart sank. I was in the city I had always wanted to visit, and yet I was having to hide my disappointment. My mother had just come across the fine print down at the bottom of a page in a tour ... Read more >

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Connectedness in Cathedrals

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By erinlemonade | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry

I sleepily walked into the dining room on the top floor of the cruise, piling my plate with anything that looked familiar. My brothers and parents were already sitting down, and my unbrushed hair and teeth were an obvious indication that I had pushed ... Read more >

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