France

Why I love Paris in January

Tweet Now that January has hit New York City, I’m having pangs of Paris envy: my mom and I took advantage of cheap airline tickets and spent 10 days in Paris on my long winter break when I was in college a few times. They were my favorite mother-daughter trips: we ate well and shopped [...]

January 7, 2013 Continue reading…

My favorite views in Nice

Tweet As the weather gets chillier and I go longer and longer without a proper pain au chocolat, I really start to miss Nice. Even though I realize I’d never want to live there full-time–which has more to do with the endless red tape of French bureaucracy and vast cultural difference–I still miss the vibrant [...]

November 23, 2012 Continue reading…

The best of the French Riviera, via Instagram

Tweet When I decided to visit Croatia, I realized there was no way I’d be able to go to Europe without at least a stopover in Nice: I spent seven months living in this Mediterranean gem, but with studying French, two jobs, a blog and a social life, I didn’t get to explore and relax [...]

July 30, 2012 Continue reading…

Postcard from Old Nice

Tweet I have a love/hate relationship with Old Nice: the winding network of cobbled streets and vividly-colored shutters are crowded with terrace tables and slow-walking tourists. For seven months, I lived on the edge of Place Garibaldi: overlooking the sloping roofs of Old Nice, but not quite in the hustle and bustle (or as English-speaking [...]

July 26, 2012 Continue reading…

The best beaches in Nice

Tweet Confession: I spent a week in Nice and didn’t do one cultural activity, unless you count drinking rosé and eating pissaladiere. Instead, I went to the beach. Instead, I went to the beach. You can find an quite a few accommodations in Nice that are close to the numerous beaches that are available. I went to beaches with pebbles, [...]

July 18, 2012 Continue reading…

The best of Paris, via Instagram

Tweet Paris is a city that’s endlessly photographed: the icons, the sunsets, the stately terraces and crumbling facades. It’s a city that inspires artists, writers, tourists; it’s the most-visited city in the world. For me, Paris is a city of crowded metros and unexpected details: a place where I feel at home and completely foreign. [...]

July 16, 2012 Continue reading…

Postcard from a Paris sunset

Tweet When I think of my favorite sunsets, I usually think of beaches: the sky swirling into an endless variety of colors over Gili Trawangan or the beaches of Maui. Cities usually block out all the good sky, and concrete isn’t nearly as brilliantly reflective as saltwater. But on my last trip to Paris, Nevin [...]

June 28, 2012 Continue reading…
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