Traveling historian with a writer's heart
Read about my adventures through Paris
Living in Paris is such a thrilling experience. There is the bustle of the city, the people out on the streets, cafés on every corner... but sometimes it can get quite exhausting and we "Parisians" need a break (am I even considered to be a Parisienne yet?). A few weeks ago I started looking for [...]
I am back in Paris, which means I am back to being the foreigner. Yet, for some reason, I feel caught between two worlds. I’ve been living in France for three years now, and it is a hard feeling to explain, knowing that this is the place where I belong at the moment. I love [...]
Here is the story of my first time at Disneyland, which was in Anaheim, California. You would have thought that for an 8 year old at the time, it was every kid's dream to head to the land of Mickey. It was my nightmare. When I was little, I was afraid of people dressed in [...]
It is that time of year again: Tourist Season. I have undoubtedly been guilty of acting as the overly, loud American enthusiast of Paris. After almost three years of living in the city of lights though, I have learned how to navigate and blend in as one of the "parisiennes" (but I still have a [...]
In November when Trump won the presidency of the United States, that Friday I went to a party. It was interesting, as the lone American in the room I was bombarded with questions. "How do you feel? How could America vote him?" Then they tried reassuring me, "not much will happen... He is just a [...]
Veronica Lavil 