When I arrived to Paris back in August of 2014, I knew I was walking the streets of history. I felt it within me, a crazy sensation to put into words. Standing in Notre-Dame, I wanted to cry at the thought of how much that building had seen. Paris is a city of lovers... Of [...]
Tag: Foreign Exchange Student
Compass Pointed North
Senior year of high school my compass for choosing universities was always spinning. Each day I was talking my mom's ear off about how THIS certain university was the one I HAD to go to. My mom always told me, "Veronica, you need to get your compass pointed north, you are spinning everywhere and do [...]
Red Lips, Black Heels
On the wind, 'cross the sea, / Hear this song and remember... Soon you'll be home with me / Once upon a December. We used to chant growing up, "together in Paris!" Here we are, 16 years later, never actually knowing that we would be living together... in Paris. I landed in France in August. [...]
Ten and Tapas
Why... Hello there internet. It seems that we have not seen each other in quite some time. I have been away, whisking myself in the magic that this city holds. Actually, in all honesty, I have just been busy and tired by the end of the day. It is that time of year when everything [...]
If We Were Having Coffee (Or Hot Chocolate?)
It's Thursday, yay! If we were having coffee, I would probably have ordered (or made, depending on where we decided to chat) a hot chocolate instead. Lately, I am coffeed out (yes, I know coffeed is not a word but that is what my mother says when she can't stand coffee for a while and needs [...]
Veronica Lavil 