After spending an extra week in Paris and being home for one more, I suppose it’s finally time to write this. I’ve been putting this one off, probably in part for the usual laziness but also because it’s hard to come to grips with the fact that it’s over already. Two months (and some change)…
Tag: Clare Dryer
Bienvenue au Moulin Rouge!
It’s been a packed week, and I definitely have not been getting enough sleep – but who cares, I’ll sleep in the U.S. On Tuesday, I was feeling pretty homesick so I decided to go on a walk to the Arc de Triomphe. This sounds weird, but whenever I’m missing home, I actually love going…
Twin Peaks et Tour de France!
On Thursday, we had a meeting with a professor at a prestigious school in Paris, to discuss the possibility of working with their researchers. I set up this meeting completely by myself, and I along with my coworker made the presentation with very little instruction from our boss. I was very nervous, but I was…
Stay out of Box 5!
Greetings from Paris! The heatwave is really getting to me, I’ve seriously been missing the AC back home lately. I’ve been spending lots of time in Tuileries garden lately, which is about a 15 minutes walk from my work. One of my favorite things to do is to visit a boulangerie on my walk from…
Summer Solstice Shenanigans
It’s been a good week in Paris and despite my homesickness I’m trying to make the most out of every day here. The first few weeks of my internship, I would come home immediately after work and basically just stay in the homestay, aside from the nights I would spend with friends. Last Monday, I…
La Barrière de la Langue
I’m now entering the 4th week in Paris. Do I feel that I have mastered the way of life here? Not at all, as will soon become clear. But I do think I’m becoming more comfortable with having no idea what is going on. I find myself in unclear situations all the time, often because…
Cats, Culture Shock, and Coco Gauff
Bonsoir tout le monde. How has it been 3 weeks in Paris already? Last weekend, my host mom invited me to her house in northern France, in a tiny town near the coast. The weather was less than ideal, but we still got to take some walks on the beach. The best part of the…
Allez Paris!
It’s certainly been an eventful week in Paris, both for me and the city as a whole. I started my internship last week, and it’s definitely been challenging so far. Despite how huge my office building is, I only work with 4 other people. Our supervisor is based in Zurich, so we met him on…
La Première Semaine à Paris
It’s the night before my first day at work and I am SO nervous. What makes me feel better is that someone else in my program is working at the same company as me, so at least there will be one person I know. He actually called me a few hours ago saying that he…
You must be logged in to post a comment.