Movin’ on Up
You’d be surprised how much time (and money) you spend furnishing an apartment from scratch. If ...
A Friend in Need
When I visited France during The Exposition, it was on a very truncated schedule so I talked to anyone I ...
Apartment Hunting
Day Two: I had been in the house all day, partially getting things unpacked and organized and partially ...
Adventures in Shopping
The last few months had wiped me out. If I’m being honest, it was probably more like the last few ...
Leaving New York
My final day in New York was filled with last minute errands and a quick goodbye to Bandit. I was ...
Chaos Reigns
I must have had an inkling that something was amiss because I tossed and turned all night. I awoke at ...
The Last Week
T minus 6 days and everything was moving along smoothly. On the docket for the week was packing, ...
The Decision
I returned home to a flurry of activity. A million pieces needed to be put in place. Mastery of all ...
Paris Revisited
New day. New beginning. I was anxious to erase the disaster of the previous day’s excursion from ...
Locked Out of Paris
Unlike my trip to Lyon, I was awake for the train ride back to Paris. I even managed to go upstairs to ...
Lyon by Car
During my year abroad in college, I realized that the United States is huge compared to pretty much ...
La Fête du Travail
The car rental drop off was as smooth as silk. The TGV station was in the airport so it was only a ...
Living like a Chartraine
The plan was to visit apartments in the morning and the barn in the afternoon. I met my real estate ...
Chartres en Lumières
Within moments of arriving in Chartres, I knew I loved it. It felt like coming home. It was charming ...
Love Lost in Mantes-La-Jolie
Mantes-La-Jolie was the first stop. As it turned out, the young man behind the rental counter at the ...