Traveling historian with a writer's heart
It's here... I am now officially 25 and this is crazy. A quarter of a century. The last year in France where I can go to museums for free. Considered part of the "young group" when buying tickets (and get those nice student discounts). I need to stop writing because I am starting to freak [...]
“I won’t stay quiet because staying silent is the same as dying.” - Dua Lipa *Trigger warning: Sexual assault* It has taken years for me to sit down and write what you are about to read. There is no perfect time to write this rendition of events. I am already part of the percentage of [...]
It starts with rumors and whispers. “It is just like the flu”. The news becomes white noise as journalists talk about the rising number of cases around the world. There is no way the numbers could become that high in your own country, you think, until the President goes on television Thursday night stating that [...]
It's fashion season again, and I thought that this time around it would be fun to see the evolution of my style since moving to Paris. I was looking at photos the other day and couldn't believe how much I have changed. Not just in style, since its always evolving and changing, but also in [...]
One of the things that I absolutely love about living in France is how much there is to see and I feel like I will never be able to see all of it! This weekend I visited Chantilly, a small little town north of Paris (about a 25-minute train ride from Gare du Nord). It [...]
Veronica Lavil 