I left the amphitheater and went through a hallway with impressionist-style frescoes depicting women as human versions of the various disciplines. They all bore Greek titles such as Poesis, the root word for poetry, as if to show the university’s connec ...
Founded in 1150, the University of Paris is often described as the world’s second oldest university still in existence. And with age comes a certain prestige and reverence. For many non-French people, the Sorbonne belongs in a similar category as Oxford ...
Le Monde is the biggest newspaper in France. And so when I found out that they were holding a festival and inviting the public to discover their newsroom, I decided to go along. The following is a brief description of my Rencontre avec le serv ...
I’ve always been interested in journalism. When I was younger, I fancied the idea of reporting on stories around the world. However, as fate would have it, I never ended up pursuing it.It wasn’t for want of trying, though. While I was an undergr ...
Books and beer bottles at bus stops I saw this scene on the way to work this morning and felt obliged to snap it. What caught my eye wasn’t so much the empty Heineken bottle — a common enough sight pretty much anywhere — but the books left righ ...
Having lived in Paris on-and-off since 2020, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time walking around the city at random.By doing so, I’ve had the chance to stumble upon some pretty cool streets that show a unique side of Paris. Here are three of ...
As a New Zealander living in France, I’ve noticed that the way that French people communicate is pretty different from New Zealanders. Leaving aside the obvious fact that, well, the languages are different, the ways in which people speak vary quite sign ...
When it comes to traveling around Europe, it pays to visit cathedrals. Even if you're not Catholic, you can learn a lot about a city's cultural heritage by visiting the cathedrals that were once upon a time central to the lives of its citizens. Not onl ...
Having written three articles about the kinds of things French people eat everyday, I thought I’d write this time about how they view food more broadly — from their attitude towards food to their attitude towards non-French food to the role that ...
I've written a couple of articles about the everyday eating habits of French people (that I've come across). So today I thought I'd write about their drinking habits.Once again, my views are entirely subjective and probably not very accurate, bu ...
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