Finding Love In Paris, Part One
When I woke up this morning, I was beat. I’ve got to stop treating every day as a training session for a half marathon. That’s the goal for 2012. I bought a nice pair of running shoes over a year ago...
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I sat up there for awhile, staring at the Eiffel Tower, smiling as couples would come and go, hug and go, kiss, kiss some more and go… And wouldn’t you know I found love in Paris. Not my love, but...
View ArticleOccupy Other People’s Special Moments: Paris
Whenever someone asks me if I’m writing a travel blog, I pause. Yes, I am… I travel, and I’ve been traveling a lot. But travel people read travel blogs for local history, weather patterns, tips and...
View ArticleMy Own Special Moment
My uncle lived in Paris when he was my age. This summer, he wrote me a Paris to-do list for whenever I made it here. One thing on the list was to visit his old building, and for documentation’s sake,...
View ArticleTo Whom It May Concern… One For Thanksgiving
On my way to the 14th Arrondissement a few minutes ago, a man stopped me on the street and asked if I spoke English, then said, “I have written a book, I write poetry and you look like an artist. Would...
View ArticlePancakes and Paris
Did I say a couple days? As if there weren’t going to be stories in the meantime. Nancy got to Paris yesterday morning. While waiting in the hotel lobby for her to arrive, I struck up a conversation...
View ArticleSudafed and Champagne… In Paris
We slept in. We got lunch. Girl talk. At length. It started raining. We retreated to the hotel for umbrellas. We already have colds to fight. We started our sightseeing day at 2:30p.m., and we were so...
View ArticlePDA and Posing in Paris
Love is everywhere in Paris. Everywhere. Even written in the grout between tiles of the grungy bathroom stall in the Arc de Triumph. I’d never choose a random bathroom stall to permanently leave “Janae...
View ArticleGoodnight, Paris.
My time in Paris has come to an end. At ten nights, it’s the place I’ve stayed the longest, but I knew that would be the case all along. I feared my bag would break her if we put it on… This worked...
View Article“People All Over The World (Join Hands)”
Nothing backpacking-wise today was so spectacular that it can’t wait for tomorrow’s post, which I can tell you already is going to be a long one. Instead, 27 hours after being Freshly Pressed, I’m...
View ArticleFinding Love In Paris, Part One
When I woke up this morning, I was beat. I’ve got to stop treating every day as a training session for a half marathon. That’s the goal for 2012. I bought a nice pair of running shoes over a year ago...
View ArticleFinding Love In Paris, Part Two
I sat up there for awhile, staring at the Eiffel Tower, smiling as couples would come and go, hug and go, kiss, kiss some more and go… And wouldn’t you know I found love in Paris. Not my love, but...
View ArticleOccupy Other People’s Special Moments: Paris
Whenever someone asks me if I’m writing a travel blog, I pause. Yes, I am… I travel, and I’ve been traveling a lot. But travel people read travel blogs for local history, weather patterns, tips and...
View ArticleMy Own Special Moment
My uncle lived in Paris when he was my age. This summer, he wrote me a Paris to-do list for whenever I made it here. One thing on the list was to visit his old building, and for documentation’s sake,...
View ArticleTo Whom It May Concern… One For Thanksgiving
On my way to the 14th Arrondissement a few minutes ago, a man stopped me on the street and asked if I spoke English, then said, “I have written a book, I write poetry and you look like an artist. Would...
View ArticlePancakes and Paris
Did I say a couple days? As if there weren’t going to be stories in the meantime. Nancy got to Paris yesterday morning. While waiting in the hotel lobby for her to arrive, I struck up a conversation...
View ArticleSudafed and Champagne… In Paris
We slept in. We got lunch. Girl talk. At length. It started raining. We retreated to the hotel for umbrellas. We already have colds to fight. We started our sightseeing day at 2:30p.m., and we were so...
View ArticlePDA and Posing in Paris
Love is everywhere in Paris. Everywhere. Even written in the grout between tiles of the grungy bathroom stall in the Arc de Triumph. I’d never choose a random bathroom stall to permanently leave “Janae...
View ArticleGoodnight, Paris.
My time in Paris has come to an end. At ten nights, it’s the place I’ve stayed the longest, but I knew that would be the case all along. I feared my bag would break her if we put it on… This worked...
View Article“People All Over The World (Join Hands)”
Nothing backpacking-wise today was so spectacular that it can’t wait for tomorrow’s post, which I can tell you already is going to be a long one. Instead, 27 hours after being Freshly Pressed, I’m...
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