So there I was, together with a group of about twenty people, one rainy day in April, strolling along the streets of Madrid. We settled on the palace garden, as our guide wraps up his tour when suddenly, a drunken old man approached us.
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If I were to build my own house, I’d always think about Salvador Dali’s place in Cadaqués, Spain - a Catalan town bordering France. It was so dreamy, sitting in a tranquil riverside.
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Mi casa es tu casa, as you said. But instead, I am here, sitting alone, waiting for the driver to come pick me up and drop me off the hostel where I would be sharing a room with four other strangers.
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This trip may have summed up my stay abroad so far.
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With the same foundation I joined in from the free walking tour at Warsaw, I dragged my friend Jan to the same tour concept in Gdańsk, a city north of Poland.
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It was a 4 ½ hour drive. The view wasn’t spectacular. All I could see was construction, forests and a few houses. So I decided to grab my laptop from my bag and continue my post about my Warsaw weekend. As if we were in the middle of a conversation, the guy behind me asked why I chose to visit Poland. He was speaking really loudly that I got a little bit conscious. We continued talking for about an hour.
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First, I know very little of Eastern/Central Europe and I said to myself, why not go explore? As an old college friend of mine was settling in Poland, I said, okay, why not Poland? Except that she isn’t based in Warsaw but further north in Gdansk. That’s reason two. Reason three would be because flights that fly direct Paris – Gdansk were hella expensive, and that to Warsaw was only about 20 EUR. Sweet deal! So I decided to spend the weekend in Warsaw before seeing my friend Jan to her city.
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Chartres is a city southwest of Paris. We did not spend too much time there. After getting inside the the city’s well-known cathedral, we went to the nearby café to get some coffees, hot chocolates and for Marion, two dry saucissons!
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The drive to Switzerland was calm. We were chasing the sunset and while we were at it, I get to enjoy the view through the long way Eve decided to take so I could appreciate the landscape. I sure did.
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I had a week off from school in October. For this vacation, I went to the other side of the country to visit the mother of a very good friend of mine who lives in the small city of Pontarlier in Franche-Comté, east of France, bordering Switzerland.
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I went to the city center to discover this shop I recently came across to: The Kilo Shop.
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We all have those days when we feel unmotivated, confused and alone. Today is one of those days for me.
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