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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 | By izzyabraham | Views [590]
High above, from a fixed abode on top of the Notre Dame, gargoyles watch over the city. They are the grim guardians of Paris.
I am a newcomer to the capital of France, but these carved creatures have been here for more than a century, warding off ... Read more >
Tags: france, gargoyle, notre dame, paris
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 | By dhmpap | Views [375]
La Maroquinerie Parisienne, discounts 10-20% on bags. On Rue commercial Tronche, including "Comptoir des Cotonniers" elegant dresses for women, and "The Carp", where you can find everything for the kitchen. Not only bags and wallets, but also luggage.... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tinapinto | Views [1037]
“We don’t usually learn map work. We don’t use maps. It’s all Sat. Nav. now” explained my eight year old niece on the eve of my spontaneous departure to Paris. Her voice came to mind as my frustration mounted trying to read ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tinapinto | Views [419] | Scholarship Entry
There it was, the Eiffel Tower in all its ordinariness. Having no one to share my lack of excitement, I marched the short walk from the station towards the tower deeply lost in internal conflicts and thoughts of my past. “How much you pay?” yells a young, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By charmedphoenixrising | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
It was my third day in Nice. I'd spent the first looking for the b&b before spending the day at the beach, only to return back for a shower to be told "guests are allowed one shower a day, but for a fee....". The second was a day trip around the Cote ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By sauvium | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry
For many, travel is about the place where they are going, it is an itinerary of sites they’ve seen in movies or read about in books. In other words, it is where they are going and what they are going to do that matters. After all, to go to Rome without ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By tanchful | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
I looked up one last time determined to capture an image to remember forever, each tiny detail intact. The girl walked away into the distance and the smiling huddle began to disperse. Walking back to the station, I could see the Xmas market at Champs ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By muhammadrefaat | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
He looked at me, smiling, he had French eyes and almost white hair then he said “Here is my apartment’s key. You can find all the food you need in the fridge. If you’d like to have a shower you’ll find hot water. I don’t know when you usually sleep but ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By danmwriter | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
I watched the vineyards through the windows of the bus, and, out beyond them, the whiteness of the limestone cliffs. It was the same whiteness as the walls of the Palais des Papes and the golden icon on the spire, which had, around noon, flashed sharply ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jldela | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
The clams shivered. For an early autumn dinner, in Carnac, Brittany, France, Fruits de la Mer seemed like the appropriate starter. I was on the Atlantic seacoast, facing west instead of east, as I did in New York. A platter of assorted seafood was set ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By adw | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry
I walk past wooden tables draped with hand-woven rugs where a skinny man in a green knit hat is selling them for the cheap price of €300. Beneath the clock tower, around the man with a face full of hair playing the guitar and harmonica, I ignore the sweet ... Read more >
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By hershbergerinparadise | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
Everyone in Paris is beautiful. It is the city of love, also of cool. Everyone looks like they belong in a magazine; no one looks like they tried. I haven’t felt that dorky since middle school, in braces and bad bangs. When we arrived at La Petite ... Read more >
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Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By susankemp | Views [1152] | Scholarship Entry
The reflection of the lights flooded the granite wall in front of us. Behind us, the dinner cruise boat glided side by side with its mistress, the Seine. Notre-Dame gazed upon the play with an approving eye. Both river and boat moved on; just another ... Read more >
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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 | By r8chel | Views [668]
"For f*ck's sake!" suddenly erupted downstairs.
Julia and I were huddled on the floor of a loft, our noses braced against the roof and a window screen Ralph controlled from his remote control. At 10pm we had fled into our sleeping bags as ... Read more >
Tags: american, bordeaux, couchsurfing, paris, polish, romanian, turkish
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 | By r8chel | Photo Gallery
Couch-surfing Paris and Bordeaux!
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