Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Feb 22nd, 2011
Sunday, Amy and I got amazing (if un peu cher) brunch at Le Pain Quotidien (bakery cafe that we have in LA, but it’s a French company so I reason it’s okay that we eat it here), and since that lasted til 5:30 we only had a little time to kill before trivia at the [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Feb 15th, 2011
In our desire to leave Paris we decided on Beaune for the weekend of February 11th-13th – it’s a small wine town about 90 minutes out of Paris and highly recommended by my new favorite tour guide Rick Steves (who writes the guidebooks). “We” in this entry refers to me, Amy, Jose, Tricia, and Sarah. [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Feb 11th, 2011
To backtrack a day, Danny and I went to Chantilly on Friday, February 10th. It’s a town about 20 minutes outside of Paris where the famous Chantilly cream was first made (so delicious) and is home to the chateau that was home to the cousins of the Bourbon kings, most notably Henri d’Orleans. So after [...]
Posted in USC Dornsife Students Study Abroad! on Feb 9th, 2011
So I was sick last week (which was lovely) but I’m feeling much better now! Classes have been going well. Super long day on Monday– Art History, French lit, and French Society & Politics – but it will only get longer when Sorbonne classes start next week. I have to go to the Sorbonne tomorrow [...]