Morocco: Almost kidnapped… Spas.. and Stitches!
March 18, 2019
For the first half of winter break some of the other students in the program (Greg, Yuki, Chris, Lexi) and I travelled all the way to Fez, MOROCCO! A RyanAir flight later and booking an AirBNB with just one bed we were on our way. Since there are just so many photos I thought it'd be easier to show you guys what our trip was like. Definitely would recommend going. Be ready to practice your French, meet some friendly faces, and barter, barter, BARTER! Post Airport Taxi : 2 AM Shell. The gas station our taxi driver, to our horror, stopped at NOT for gas, but to follow a separate strange black vehicle further into the night. We later found out it was our AirBNB host not a serial killer. Close one! 5pm - outside the Medina. Natalia and Camille lived in a separate AirBNB was near this plaza of sorts. We truly felt the pain of no cell service after 2 hours of aimlessly wandering we got the AirBNB host to come guide us through the several alleys and tunnels to their... Read More
New Year, New Semester, Who dis?
January 25, 2019
On January 24th he asked me what day it is. “C’est 24 Janvier” Wait.. Wait.. Wait.. Let me just stop right there. This daydream of me reinacting this iconic Mean Girls scene with the French equivalent of Aaron Samuels is not what happened today …or... Read More
“And then he said…welcome to Paris”
January 7, 2019
The goal here is not to be too mushy. But saying goodbye is hard. We’ve all heard it: “It’s not the place, it’s the people.” And that could not have been a more true statement for the end of my semester abroad. That and the color yellow. And 80s pop... Read More
Of finals and news reports…
December 11, 2018
Under the red and gold holiday decorations, the barista keeps his eyes glued to the tv screen above the booths where a group is sipping coffee, necks craned to hear the news on l’Assemblée Nationale. In the 14th, life outside the café windows proceeds as normal, afternoon... Read More
Meal Times
December 3, 2018
Now, I’m no cook, baker, food blogger, culinary expert…but I do love food. To be honest, baking/cooking kind of stresses me out. Even if I put on some good music, have a recipe prepared, and feel confident, something always ends up getting burned. I suppose I’m... Read More
For the Time Being
November 20, 2018
There are only so many more times I am going to be able to look out of the train window and watch the Paris streets come alive below, so I put down my book. It’s kind of like I don’t want to take any moment for granted at this point, and I’ve found that just... Read More
The Not-Enough-Time Stressin’
November 13, 2018
So it’s Novemeber, huh? No idea how that happened. It’s been rainy and…humid (?) here in Paris as October melded away and the colors of the leaves really arrived and I had to start thinking about my winter coat situatuation. This past week was jam-packed with... Read More
Travel: some Non-Wisdoms
November 5, 2018
In my list of reasons to study abroad in Paris, “getting anywhere from there” was very near the top. I’ve been trying not to treat these four months like my last time ever in Europe, but I also want to take advantage of the time, the place, the motion (ahem). I have taken... Read More
One Morning
October 22, 2018
One morning, I was sat at the dining room table across from my host mom. We both had out laptops out, typing furiously. She had her café, I had an empty tasse du thé. It was quiet in the house, with warm sunlight just beginning to stream through the front windows, and... Read More
In the Spirit of Cake…
October 15, 2018
It was very late. Too late for dinner, but I’d stuffed myself with a gas station sandwich, compote de pomme, and about a thousand Bugle chips, so I’m doing pretty okay as I stepped inside of the apartment on Sunday night. I felt like I’d spent all day on a bus (I had) and... Read More
Rules Don’t Exist and How to Cut a Grapefruit
October 8, 2018
A little over a month here in Paris and the idea of “schedule” is still baffling to me. I like to think that I’m fairly organized, however, after almost missing a class, not thinking about what I’m going to eat for lunch on any given day of the week, not being able to... Read More
Two French Women and an Elevator
October 1, 2018
While tying my shoes in the hallway of the apartment, I was distracted by a sudden burst of chatter coming from outside the door. Thinking that, maybe, my host mom had returned and was speaking on the phone, I waited for the door to open so that I might say hello/goodbye and be... Read More
Paris: a city for a romantic, or a romanticizer?
September 26, 2018
It had gotten to the point of the evening where I had become engulfed in the exhaustion of the travel day, the newness of the city, and the chaos of the language-shift. We had been walking walking walking, and dinner was still a few hours away (because the French eat dinner at... Read More
Dispatches from Dakar #2
June 21, 2018
Writing in Wolof by Boubacar Boris Diop, Concert at Almadies with Ma & Cie featuring Kemit, A homage to Sembene Ousmane with a viewing of his film Xala, Meet Professor Carina Yervasi and the Feast of the Korite for Dispatch from Dakar... Read More
Dispatches from Dakar
June 7, 2018
News of our inaugural launch of APA Dakar 2018 Welcome to the APA office hosted at the Superior Institute of Management (ISM). We have been welcomed by ISM with generosity and support. Sophie Corbeau directs this first edition of the program with the support of Cecilia and... Read More
