Rummaging through my files led me to find this hidden gem. Apparently, I filmed an entire day one fine rainy weekend in Rouen in 2016! Peek inside my student life in Rouen.
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I miss those quiet, slow mornings in my dorm in Rouen. I long for them everyday.
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I once prepared this day-trip itinerary for a colleague-turned-friend for her trip to Paris in 2018. I hope it will serve you as well. Rouen is a small city 100 km away from Paris and can be visited for an entire day. Regardless of its smaller size, I hope you can spare two-three days in Rouen to appreciate its beauty.
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This post has been written as part of the activities in one of my advanced French class about French bureaucracy. My students were encouraged to talk about one of their problems, describe their feelings and emotions going through this problem and share how they handled it. To get the ball rolling, I shared this problem I encountered as a student in France, during my first days in Rouen which I talked about briefly in this post from 2015.
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I defended my master’s thesis in plain house clothes, my friends and family around me and late night food waiting for me.
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Today’s my last day of internship. Since my last update, evidently, a lot of things has happened. Put in a large dose of self-doubt, too. There were better days, though. How do I get all these feelings and emotions I’ve got all over the place in one writing? I guess I can’t. Here’s a ridiculous attempt.
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This month was a rough one. I often go about how bumpy the road is but I think this one day in April was the toughest of the tough. It felt like all my issues, big and small, in my entire life rolled into one ticking bomb that suddenly exploded one Tuesday morning.
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What if this is all I want? What if I'm no longer searching for more?
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Half way through March, what has been going on with life lately ? I have my fair share of ups and downs for the past month, it's crazy. I think I'm on the brink of going insane. To prevent any of that, I try to go back to what I find most relaxing and fulfilling : journaling and blogging.
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What has changed over the past few months since I temporarily moved out and started living on my own abroad?
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I used to love writing, documenting my everyday without it feeling like a task. I guess this [not writing everything down] is for the best – so that I will focus more in the present without having to worry or think about how I am going to describe my entire day.
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These past few days, aside from gray skies and occasional sunny days, life has been tough. I have been : tired, sad, frustrated, mad... everything else except happy, satisfied, content. This not being for all aspects of life but to one huge aspect defining life right now - my studies.
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