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Month: March 2020

Life in France: Quarantine Edition

Life in France: Quarantine Edition

The Facts When I imagined my year abroad in France, I never once pictured experiencing a level 3 nation-wide quarantine. But c’est la vie, I guess. It is day two of the official coronavirus quarantine in France, and life feels unreal. All schools, restaurants, bars, cafés, cinemas, etc. are closed— even parks. Only essentials are open: supermarkets and pharmacies (and the occasional boulangerie because it’s France and bakeries are vital). Everyone who can work from home is doing so. If…

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Chasing the Sun: February in Barcelona

Chasing the Sun: February in Barcelona

Gaudi’s Casa Batlló On my second afternoon in Barcelona I sat on the terrace of a restaurant called La Bombeta with my friend Ana, sunshine hot on my skin. Ana was glowing, and not just because of the light but because she was so happy to be sitting in the sun after months of cloudy winter in France. Ana is an au pair too, and as she was leaving to spend a week with me in Barcelona her host kids…

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