The perfect new book on my coffee table is Ines de la Fressange's Parisian Chic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! Or should I say, "Je l'adore!!!!"
It has many different sections that help you effortlessly slip into your Parisian alter-ego. Staples for your closest, beauty advice, les magasins essentiels à Paris, home décor tips, etc.
And there really isn't anyone better to be giving advice about being Parisian Chic. She was a model exclusively for Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld's muse! She is definitely a Parisian icon.
I feel that I am even closer to my aspiration to be reborn as a très chic Parisian in my next life after reading this book.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Movie Review: Midnight in Paris! (and a little about the Barnes Foundation)
D'accord, so I saw Woody Allen's new movie, Midnight in Paris, TWICE. I loved it that much. It flooded my mind with old memories from my time in Paris, memories I had nearly forgotten. I thought nothing could top the opening credits in the original Charlie and the Chocolate factory movie, which features chocolate being made in an actual factory... it makes me salivate every time I see it! But as soon as the first image of Paris appeared on the screen in Midnight in Paris, I instantly just groaned with jealousy for whoever was behind the camera. I just sat back and watched the gorgeous images, enraptured. From then on, I knew I was in for a great hour and a half.
Some of my favorite spots were featured in the film too! Shakespeare and Co., Polidor, le Marché aux Puces, L'Orangerie, square Jean-XXIII, musée Rodin, to name a few. It just really captured the essence of Paris, to me.
Also, I happened to visit the Barnes Foundation a couple days prior, as it was my last chance to visit it again in its original location before the collection moves to a new home in Philadelphia. It's a super interesting story if you've never heard about the Barnes collection. In my understanding, Dr. Barnes, who had the foresight to collect an amazing amount of incredible impressionist art, said in his last will and testament that the collection was to be always displayed exactly how he envisioned it in his property in Lower Merion, PA. His aim was to further art education for students of the arts. Now, the Barnes Foundation museum in Lower Merion is closing on July 3rd, and all the art will be moved to the new location. There is much controversy surrounding the move, with many Barnes supporters in opposition. Click here to read an article about the issue. Here is a snippet from the Barnes Foundation website about the collection:
"The Barnes Foundation houses one of the finest collections of French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern paintings in the world, including an extraordinary number of masterpieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (181), Paul Cézanne (69), and Henri Matisse (59). The collection also includes important works by Pablo Picasso (46), Chaim Soutine (21), Henri Rousseau (18), Amedeo Modigliani (16), Edgar Degas (11), Vincent van Gogh (7), Georges Seurat (6), Edouard Manet (4), and Claude Monet (4). "
One of the rooms on the bottom floor. I admit, the museum is outdated in terms of security and layout. I felt like some crazy person would be quite able to rip a painting off the wall and run out, as the security guard at the door was quite old and inept. And it did make me nervous that many rooms were unattended, every time a person would toe the black lines in surrounding the art-packed walls.
I'm wondering what happens to this mural by my favorite artist, Matisse, that is actually painted onto the wall!!???
Midnight in Paris features some of these artists, and I won't say to much if you haven't seen it yet, but it was really great to see Picasso and Modigliani's works, and then see the film that features these same artists.
One side note that I was wondering during the film: How unrealistic was it for Rachel McAdams to be wearing high heels the entire time? I know I've tried it, and it didn't really work for me. Whether it's the cobblestone streets, or the plentiful stairs in the metro, heels in Paris, all day, is not an easy task.
Here's the trailer. GO SEE IT ASAP. If you've already seen it, GO AGAIN! It's the closet thing to a quick RDV in Paris!
Some of my favorite spots were featured in the film too! Shakespeare and Co., Polidor, le Marché aux Puces, L'Orangerie, square Jean-XXIII, musée Rodin, to name a few. It just really captured the essence of Paris, to me.
Also, I happened to visit the Barnes Foundation a couple days prior, as it was my last chance to visit it again in its original location before the collection moves to a new home in Philadelphia. It's a super interesting story if you've never heard about the Barnes collection. In my understanding, Dr. Barnes, who had the foresight to collect an amazing amount of incredible impressionist art, said in his last will and testament that the collection was to be always displayed exactly how he envisioned it in his property in Lower Merion, PA. His aim was to further art education for students of the arts. Now, the Barnes Foundation museum in Lower Merion is closing on July 3rd, and all the art will be moved to the new location. There is much controversy surrounding the move, with many Barnes supporters in opposition. Click here to read an article about the issue. Here is a snippet from the Barnes Foundation website about the collection:
"The Barnes Foundation houses one of the finest collections of French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern paintings in the world, including an extraordinary number of masterpieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (181), Paul Cézanne (69), and Henri Matisse (59). The collection also includes important works by Pablo Picasso (46), Chaim Soutine (21), Henri Rousseau (18), Amedeo Modigliani (16), Edgar Degas (11), Vincent van Gogh (7), Georges Seurat (6), Edouard Manet (4), and Claude Monet (4). "
One of the rooms on the bottom floor. I admit, the museum is outdated in terms of security and layout. I felt like some crazy person would be quite able to rip a painting off the wall and run out, as the security guard at the door was quite old and inept. And it did make me nervous that many rooms were unattended, every time a person would toe the black lines in surrounding the art-packed walls.
I'm wondering what happens to this mural by my favorite artist, Matisse, that is actually painted onto the wall!!???
Midnight in Paris features some of these artists, and I won't say to much if you haven't seen it yet, but it was really great to see Picasso and Modigliani's works, and then see the film that features these same artists.
One side note that I was wondering during the film: How unrealistic was it for Rachel McAdams to be wearing high heels the entire time? I know I've tried it, and it didn't really work for me. Whether it's the cobblestone streets, or the plentiful stairs in the metro, heels in Paris, all day, is not an easy task.
Here's the trailer. GO SEE IT ASAP. If you've already seen it, GO AGAIN! It's the closet thing to a quick RDV in Paris!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monoprix!
As promised, by the title you can tell that this post is going to be all about one of my favorite places! I think the reason why I love it is because it's one of the only places that most closely resembles a store that could be found back home in the U.S. I would start off by describing it as the closest thing to Target here. It's really crazy, I realized when I first got here and was trying to find stuff for my little studio apt that there really is no everything-in-one affordable store like Wal-Mart or Target. The only thing is Ikea which are located in the 'burbs, outside of the city, kind of a big schlep. I did it once, by myself, and although maybe in need of a couple more things, I have not felt it's worth that haul again.
Anyway, back on the subject. Monoprix is a grocery store that has two levels, or two parts, depending on which of the many in the city you stumble across. One part is for food products, like bread, wines, deli stuff, freezer stuff, etc. The other part has clothes, cosmetics, shampoo, toothpaste, towels, dishes, books, sheets, containers, etc. You hopefully are getting the picture. The second part is what kind of reminds me of Target, just a more down-scaled version.
There are also stores called Monop' scattered around the city as well, and cleverly, the name embodies what the store has--half of what Monoprix has, meaning groceries only. When I realized this, I was definitely an even bigger fan of the whole company.
Lucky for me, I'm smack dab, distance-wise, in between a Monoprix and a Monop'. Very convenient :) Anyway, I'm in love, and I have to say I think I'll miss shopping there once I come home...that is, until I'm reunited with "Tar-gét" et le Wegman's haha.
p.s. I've heard that the Wegman's near me at home is completely reorganized and totally different inside! I'm super curious about it now!
Anyway, back on the subject. Monoprix is a grocery store that has two levels, or two parts, depending on which of the many in the city you stumble across. One part is for food products, like bread, wines, deli stuff, freezer stuff, etc. The other part has clothes, cosmetics, shampoo, toothpaste, towels, dishes, books, sheets, containers, etc. You hopefully are getting the picture. The second part is what kind of reminds me of Target, just a more down-scaled version.
There are also stores called Monop' scattered around the city as well, and cleverly, the name embodies what the store has--half of what Monoprix has, meaning groceries only. When I realized this, I was definitely an even bigger fan of the whole company.
Lucky for me, I'm smack dab, distance-wise, in between a Monoprix and a Monop'. Very convenient :) Anyway, I'm in love, and I have to say I think I'll miss shopping there once I come home...that is, until I'm reunited with "Tar-gét" et le Wegman's haha.
p.s. I've heard that the Wegman's near me at home is completely reorganized and totally different inside! I'm super curious about it now!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Reading on the metro...
I, and probably anyone else who has ever been on the Paris metro, have noticed that books have taken over Paris' underbelly. "Pocket" livres (books) are sold everywhere, from Monoprix (grocery store that I have just realized I've never blogged about... that will change soon) to Relay Newsstands that are inside the big metro stations. Without fail, at least one person on every ride will be reading one.
What I really think is interesting though about the whole phenomenon, is that it doesn't matter how entassé (packed, crammed) a train car is, there will be people reading away. The reader could be balancing on one leg while being smashed between someone's smelly armpit and the door, hidden from view--it wouldn't matter. All that you will still be able to see is a floating wrist, part of the hand, 3 fingers, a little paperback novel. It's certainly a skill.
So, today when on the second floor of Monoprix, I stumbled into the book section, and decided to get myself some metro reading material. I ended up getting the 2nd thing I picked up, the French version of one of the books in the Confessions of a Shopaholic
series. It's definitely a guilty pleasure type read but hey--at least it's in French. I figure my attention span for reading will probably be pretty short while reading it, as I'll probably have plenty of distractions while getting from point A to point B (a justification for reading this that I'm telling myself). The author is Sophie Kinsella, and this installment is titled: L'accro du shopping: dit oui
. Translated this means, "The Shopaholic: say yes."
I just realized that the first book of the series was made into a movie
starring Isla Fisher, which was good in my opinion...I mean it was definitely not Oscar-worthy, but it was a no-thinking-required romantic comedy, which is many times my movie type of choice. Sometimes it's just nice not to analyze, but to just watch a movie for what it is.
I'll update later about how this reading-in-the-metro thing works out for me.
Bye for now!
What I really think is interesting though about the whole phenomenon, is that it doesn't matter how entassé (packed, crammed) a train car is, there will be people reading away. The reader could be balancing on one leg while being smashed between someone's smelly armpit and the door, hidden from view--it wouldn't matter. All that you will still be able to see is a floating wrist, part of the hand, 3 fingers, a little paperback novel. It's certainly a skill.
So, today when on the second floor of Monoprix, I stumbled into the book section, and decided to get myself some metro reading material. I ended up getting the 2nd thing I picked up, the French version of one of the books in the Confessions of a Shopaholic
series. It's definitely a guilty pleasure type read but hey--at least it's in French. I figure my attention span for reading will probably be pretty short while reading it, as I'll probably have plenty of distractions while getting from point A to point B (a justification for reading this that I'm telling myself). The author is Sophie Kinsella, and this installment is titled: L'accro du shopping: dit oui. Translated this means, "The Shopaholic: say yes."I just realized that the first book of the series was made into a movie
starring Isla Fisher, which was good in my opinion...I mean it was definitely not Oscar-worthy, but it was a no-thinking-required romantic comedy, which is many times my movie type of choice. Sometimes it's just nice not to analyze, but to just watch a movie for what it is. I'll update later about how this reading-in-the-metro thing works out for me.
Bye for now!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Restaurant Review: L'Ebauchoir
This is the first edition of a little sub-blog I've decided to try to do, restaurant reviews of local restaurants I've been to. I've been wanting to do this from the beginning, but, just never got my act together...Well, that changes now!
The first place that I've decided to talk about now is a little local place called l'Ebauchoir (sounds like "leh-boach-warre" does that make sense?). It's in my arrondissement, the 12th, on rue de citeaux. There's not much around it, so when walking to it at night, you get the feeling you are going the wrong way, but, don't worry, you are probably on the right track. It's definitely more of a local, neighborhood place, which is one of the things I like about it.
I first heard about it through a Paris Guide my freshman year French prof, Dr. Pappas, who lived in Paris for several years. Her abridged version that she sent me includes a list of a few of her favorite restaurants. This is what she said about it: "An absolutely fabulous French bistro. A great place if you want to try authentic French food (they also have unbelievable seafood if you can’t take the focus on red meat…) A real neighborhood place—lots of regulars."
So of course I was intrigued, and the fact that it is walking distance from where I live didn't hurt either. When my uncle and aunt cam to Paris for a visit, this was one of the restaurants I took them to, or I guess, they took me :) I also went again when my mom visited, because of the great meal I had had the first time with my aunt and uncle.
The first time I went, I got the scallops, and for dessert, the apple tarte. My uncle got the lamb, my aunt got the fish, and for desert they shared a roasted mango with lemon sorbet and almond mousse. YUM. We all loved everything. And the staff was so friendly, and spoke English very well.
The second time we had a very good meal as well.
In the sidebar there are links (under "places mentioned") to the restaurant's webpage, as well as the restaurant's blog, which is where it puts its menus and pictures of its dishes. The restaurant's website is very impressive, when you roll the mouse over different people in the background, you can hear what the people are saying...it's kinda hard to explain. Also, WARNING: A visit to the blog might result in mouth-watering and extreme hunger.
Information:
English-Friendly
Price: Dinner, 3 courses for 25 EUR, 2 for 22.50
(33) 01 43 42 49 31 for reservations
Closed on Sundays
43-45 rue de Citeaux 75012
Metro: Ligne 8, stop Faidherbe-Chaligny OR Ligne 1, stop Reuilly Diderot
Pictures taken off of the l'Ebauchoir blog:
Mango dessert
Scallops
The first place that I've decided to talk about now is a little local place called l'Ebauchoir (sounds like "leh-boach-warre" does that make sense?). It's in my arrondissement, the 12th, on rue de citeaux. There's not much around it, so when walking to it at night, you get the feeling you are going the wrong way, but, don't worry, you are probably on the right track. It's definitely more of a local, neighborhood place, which is one of the things I like about it.
I first heard about it through a Paris Guide my freshman year French prof, Dr. Pappas, who lived in Paris for several years. Her abridged version that she sent me includes a list of a few of her favorite restaurants. This is what she said about it: "An absolutely fabulous French bistro. A great place if you want to try authentic French food (they also have unbelievable seafood if you can’t take the focus on red meat…) A real neighborhood place—lots of regulars."
So of course I was intrigued, and the fact that it is walking distance from where I live didn't hurt either. When my uncle and aunt cam to Paris for a visit, this was one of the restaurants I took them to, or I guess, they took me :) I also went again when my mom visited, because of the great meal I had had the first time with my aunt and uncle.
The first time I went, I got the scallops, and for dessert, the apple tarte. My uncle got the lamb, my aunt got the fish, and for desert they shared a roasted mango with lemon sorbet and almond mousse. YUM. We all loved everything. And the staff was so friendly, and spoke English very well.
The second time we had a very good meal as well.
In the sidebar there are links (under "places mentioned") to the restaurant's webpage, as well as the restaurant's blog, which is where it puts its menus and pictures of its dishes. The restaurant's website is very impressive, when you roll the mouse over different people in the background, you can hear what the people are saying...it's kinda hard to explain. Also, WARNING: A visit to the blog might result in mouth-watering and extreme hunger.
Information:
English-Friendly
Price: Dinner, 3 courses for 25 EUR, 2 for 22.50
(33) 01 43 42 49 31 for reservations
Closed on Sundays
43-45 rue de Citeaux 75012
Metro: Ligne 8, stop Faidherbe-Chaligny OR Ligne 1, stop Reuilly Diderot
Pictures taken off of the l'Ebauchoir blog:
Mango dessert
Scallops
Big trips planned!
So, I wanted to share on my blog what plans I have travel-wise so far. I am going to 3 places over my spring break, which takes place over the last two weeks in April. First, on the 17th I'm going to Amsterdam with my friend Mira who is studying in Montpellier, France for the year. After a few days, we're overnight bus-ing it to Prague! I've been to Amsterdam once before, but have never been/have always wanted to go to Prague, so I'm super excited, especially for Prague. Then, we arrive back in Paris morning of Monday April 26th, and believe it or not, later on that same day I'm hopping another flight to Edinburgh, Scotland, to see my good friend from home who is studying in St. Andrews for the semester.
It's going to be an absolutely crazy couple of weeks, but I'm excited to be getting the most out of my break as possible. I'm have a feeling some pretty blog-worthy events will come out of it :)
However, there are still more places I want to visit!
Most of all, I want to go to Barcelona, because I've never been to Spain! I'm so anxious to get that country "checked off," so to speak, on my list of countries I've been to.
I also want to go to London to visit Nadia, because, well, how much fun would that be?! I've been before, but only did touristy stuff, and am hoping that Nadia will show me all of the insider places to be in London town.
Other places that I have thought about, but don't know if I'll be able to do:
Brussels, Belgium for a weekend?
Greece?
Switzerland
Austria (Sound of Music tour=life dream haha)
I have Fridays off :) so hopefully this will make it easier to go away for the weekend. If any of these places seem like places you'd be interested in visiting, maybe we could be travel buddies? It would most likely have to be over the weekend, like I said, possibly starting on Friday, or, I could even skip my Thursday afternoon class, or leave early from it, or, go right after. (Luckily, my Thursday class' prof is super understanding and doesn't really care about attendance) Let me know!
So, I'll update if I add any more plans to the mix, but for now, I'm super excited for spring break!
It's going to be an absolutely crazy couple of weeks, but I'm excited to be getting the most out of my break as possible. I'm have a feeling some pretty blog-worthy events will come out of it :)
However, there are still more places I want to visit!
Most of all, I want to go to Barcelona, because I've never been to Spain! I'm so anxious to get that country "checked off," so to speak, on my list of countries I've been to.
I also want to go to London to visit Nadia, because, well, how much fun would that be?! I've been before, but only did touristy stuff, and am hoping that Nadia will show me all of the insider places to be in London town.
Other places that I have thought about, but don't know if I'll be able to do:
Brussels, Belgium for a weekend?
Greece?
Switzerland
Austria (Sound of Music tour=life dream haha)
I have Fridays off :) so hopefully this will make it easier to go away for the weekend. If any of these places seem like places you'd be interested in visiting, maybe we could be travel buddies? It would most likely have to be over the weekend, like I said, possibly starting on Friday, or, I could even skip my Thursday afternoon class, or leave early from it, or, go right after. (Luckily, my Thursday class' prof is super understanding and doesn't really care about attendance) Let me know!
So, I'll update if I add any more plans to the mix, but for now, I'm super excited for spring break!
Monday, March 8, 2010
ok, so, hopefully i'll be better about blogging in march...
So, I basically abandoned this blog for the entire month of February. Oops. I kept thinking "I need to post," and then, didn't. It was a super busy month, providing a ton of blog-worthy material, but at the same time, making it difficult to sit down and record it all. But, I am making a former resolution now to be better.
I had many visitors in this month. First my friend Mira came to stay with me for a weekend, then my uncle Bruce and my aunt Pia stopped by for a few days, then, my mom for a week, and then, Nadia for a day! It was sooo great to have a constant flow of visitors, it made the month fly by! Good thing I live in one of the greatest cities on earth--this makes it a pretty simple task to lure guests onto my domain :)
Classes also started in February, which are all going well. I'm taking 3 at Dauphine and 1 at Paris 3 (Nouvelle Sorbonne) offered by my program, MICEFA. At Dauphine, I'm taking International Business Ethics, Cross Cultural Barriers and Paradoxes, and Econ of the European Union. At Paris 3 I'm taking A Litterary History of Paris. The Dauphine classes are in English with Erasmus students from all over the world, and the other is with other Americans in the MICEFA program and is in French.
I'm definitely all settled into my room, it definitely feels like home whenever I walk in the door. I've tried to make it as comfy and colorful and homey as I can, with the help of ikea :) Seriously, when I for real get my own apartment, I am going to go to Ikea in the morning, and walk out at night with everything I could possibly need for it. I love it.
The weather is starting to get better, it's usually blue skies, although still really cold in the shade and at night. But honestly, I like being here in the winter, I'm not really looking forward to being in the metro when it's warmer, shoved against a bunch of sweaty, smelly people haha. But seriously, I like being relatively covered up on the metro, and how everyone else is too. Plus, I love winter clothes :) I have this really thick, long, knit scarf that I got here (every girl seems to have one here) that I love wrapping around my neck like 3 times. I'll be sad when it's too warm for it.
I've pretty much done all of the touristy stuff at this point, and am beginning to figure out where my favorite neighborhoods are. I love walking through the Jardin des Tuileries, the garden that stretches out in between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. I really love where I live too, the Bastille area. It's right next to the Marais, which might be my favorite area. It's the oldest area in Paris, and is traditionally the Jewish area. I went to this really popular falafel place there with my mom, it's called l'As du Falafel. I had my first and certainly not my last falafel there.
Another obsession of mine is a department store called BHV. It stands for Bazaar de Hotel de Ville. "Department store" is kind of a really big understatement. It's like, everything and anything you could ever want to buy, all in one place. The basement floor is the most extensive hardware store you've ever seen, the main floor is designer clothing and bags, the next floor (my fave) is arts and crafts and stationary and music and books and picture frames and office supplies, and the next floor I think is like towels, bathroom stuff, home organizations etc, and so on and so forth for a few more floors. It's CA-RAY-ZEEE.
The next place I love is the mosquée de Paris. It feels like another world. They serve little glasses of tea, and there's also a restaurant and a little place where you can get little snacks. It's such an escape from city life. I highly recommend it.
Also, when my mom visited we went to Strasbourg, France for a couple days. It was a very small little town on the eastern border of France, right next to Germany. It is one of the locations of the EU parliament. The whole town could be walked in ten minutes from end to end. Although small, there were still major designer stores and department stores. My mom and I stayed in the Sofitel Hotel, which was sooo nice. It was nice to live in the lap up luxury for a few days. The BED was INCREDIBLE. It was for sale and I was tempted to buy it, except for the fact that it was like, really expensive haha.
I guess that's it for now, I'll try to elaborate on other things that I failed to write about for the month of February later.
My first falafel!
Strasbourg!
The inside of one of the rooms of the mosquée
I had many visitors in this month. First my friend Mira came to stay with me for a weekend, then my uncle Bruce and my aunt Pia stopped by for a few days, then, my mom for a week, and then, Nadia for a day! It was sooo great to have a constant flow of visitors, it made the month fly by! Good thing I live in one of the greatest cities on earth--this makes it a pretty simple task to lure guests onto my domain :)
Classes also started in February, which are all going well. I'm taking 3 at Dauphine and 1 at Paris 3 (Nouvelle Sorbonne) offered by my program, MICEFA. At Dauphine, I'm taking International Business Ethics, Cross Cultural Barriers and Paradoxes, and Econ of the European Union. At Paris 3 I'm taking A Litterary History of Paris. The Dauphine classes are in English with Erasmus students from all over the world, and the other is with other Americans in the MICEFA program and is in French.
I'm definitely all settled into my room, it definitely feels like home whenever I walk in the door. I've tried to make it as comfy and colorful and homey as I can, with the help of ikea :) Seriously, when I for real get my own apartment, I am going to go to Ikea in the morning, and walk out at night with everything I could possibly need for it. I love it.
The weather is starting to get better, it's usually blue skies, although still really cold in the shade and at night. But honestly, I like being here in the winter, I'm not really looking forward to being in the metro when it's warmer, shoved against a bunch of sweaty, smelly people haha. But seriously, I like being relatively covered up on the metro, and how everyone else is too. Plus, I love winter clothes :) I have this really thick, long, knit scarf that I got here (every girl seems to have one here) that I love wrapping around my neck like 3 times. I'll be sad when it's too warm for it.
I've pretty much done all of the touristy stuff at this point, and am beginning to figure out where my favorite neighborhoods are. I love walking through the Jardin des Tuileries, the garden that stretches out in between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde. I really love where I live too, the Bastille area. It's right next to the Marais, which might be my favorite area. It's the oldest area in Paris, and is traditionally the Jewish area. I went to this really popular falafel place there with my mom, it's called l'As du Falafel. I had my first and certainly not my last falafel there.
Another obsession of mine is a department store called BHV. It stands for Bazaar de Hotel de Ville. "Department store" is kind of a really big understatement. It's like, everything and anything you could ever want to buy, all in one place. The basement floor is the most extensive hardware store you've ever seen, the main floor is designer clothing and bags, the next floor (my fave) is arts and crafts and stationary and music and books and picture frames and office supplies, and the next floor I think is like towels, bathroom stuff, home organizations etc, and so on and so forth for a few more floors. It's CA-RAY-ZEEE.
The next place I love is the mosquée de Paris. It feels like another world. They serve little glasses of tea, and there's also a restaurant and a little place where you can get little snacks. It's such an escape from city life. I highly recommend it.
Also, when my mom visited we went to Strasbourg, France for a couple days. It was a very small little town on the eastern border of France, right next to Germany. It is one of the locations of the EU parliament. The whole town could be walked in ten minutes from end to end. Although small, there were still major designer stores and department stores. My mom and I stayed in the Sofitel Hotel, which was sooo nice. It was nice to live in the lap up luxury for a few days. The BED was INCREDIBLE. It was for sale and I was tempted to buy it, except for the fact that it was like, really expensive haha.
I guess that's it for now, I'll try to elaborate on other things that I failed to write about for the month of February later.
My first falafel!
Strasbourg!
The inside of one of the rooms of the mosquée
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