If you missed my previous posts (start here), we just got back from a family vacation in Paris with our 10 month old. After living in Paris for two years, it had been way too long since we'd seen our favorite city! Even better than living there, we discovered, is exploring the city exactly according … Continue reading Everything We Saw, Did, and Ate in Paris
As promised, here is part two of the photo journal of our Paris vacation! Find Part I here! DAY 4 In the morning, Whit stayed at the apartment with Arthur while I went on a photo walk. It was cloudy and gray, not the best for pictures, but we had already decided. I ended up … Continue reading Paris Travel Journal: Photo Diary II
In my previous post I shared all about our trip to Paris that we took at the end of May. I gave more of an overview of my thoughts on the trip, but this post (and the next one) will be more of a photo journal of what we did each day. It's quite picture … Continue reading Paris Travel Journal: Photo Diary I
Our family just got back from a weeklong vacation in Paris. *Sigh.* It was bliss! This was our first time going back since we moved away almost 3 years ago. We lived in the heart of the city for 2 years, until July 2019. We had planned to go back shortly after returning to the … Continue reading Paris Travel Journal: Trip Overview
I said it. I'm not harping on the Mona Lisa, she's cool and all. Actually, I could spend a lot of time examining her from different angles and pondering how her eyes can follow me wherever I go. But she's by far not my favorite thing to see in the Louvre. And I want to … Continue reading 10 Things to See in the Louvre that Are Better than the Mona Lisa
Undoubtedly, one of the best parts of living in Paris is having a zillion amazing museums at your fingertips. Whit and I are major museum nerds. We like almost any kind of museum - fine art, science, natural history - whatever it is, we want to learn about it. Paris has a number of world-famous … Continue reading A Quirky Museum Filled with Taxidermy
There's no denying the magic of Paris. What is it that makes it such a romantic place? It's not even that you have to have someone to enjoy the romance with - it's more that you develop a romance with the city itself. The City of Light has artistry woven throughout its history. Its history … Continue reading Our Absolute Favorite Thing to Do in Paris
One of our first weekends in Paris, some of our new friends invited us to join them for Saturday afternoon jazz at a hip but classically Parisian coffee and wine bar. We loved the music, and it felt like the most Paris thing to do ever, crowded around a few tiny tables, enjoying good company … Continue reading Jazzy Paris
Before the possibility of moving to France was ever a blip on our radar, I fell in love with France. I had long loved the French language, but it wasn't until I dove into reading stories about foreigners experiencing life abroad that I fell in love with all aspects of French culture. If you want … Continue reading All the Books to Dream about Living in France
Alright. I've put it off long enough. I'm one of those people who starts a million different things and then leaves them unfinished because I get excited about something else in the meantime, or I feel overwhelmed that I don't have enough time to do it justice (aka perfectly), so I put it off until … Continue reading paris essentials: a love story
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