Traveling historian with a writer's heart
One of my favorite things to do is get in a car and drive. I used to live in a small town in the states, so there wasn't much to do back in high school. When my friends and I were bored, we would get in the car, blast music from our childhood (Lizzie McGuire [...]
On my visit back to the United States, my family and I decided to go camping. It had been a few years since I had done such a thing. We used to do it actively back when I was younger. We had a trailer, went four-wheeling on the Oregon coast and even took a road [...]
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 [...]
It has been a while since I have been able to actually sit down and write a blog post. This past month has just been crazy in itself, with three consecutive trips and my university gala. I am certainly not complaining. Val de Loire was a beautiful, countryside escape, Milan was my doorway into Italy, [...]
Dear 19 year old Veronica, Hi. It's 21 year old you. You are now officially the age to be able to step foot in a bar in America (you did this past Christmas when you visited family and friends). I am writing this to tell you that you are strong. Paris has changed you. France [...]
