Category: My Life in Paris

Earlier this month I celebrated two anniversaries. First, September 6th marked seven years since I first arrived in Paris. Seven years! I had only planned

It’s been two months since Paris re-opened. Two months of being able to eat at restaurants. Two months of cinemas being open and live performances

Last October, I had the opportunity to have a staycation in Paris. I had never taken a staycation before, as I usually prefer to actually

It has been exactly one year since France went into the first COVID-19 lockdown. One year since everything in Paris closed and we were all

This past week two things happened. One, I was reminded that we are less than a month away from the one year anniversary of when

Well, that certainly was a year. I’m actually not entirely sure what to say about 2020 at this point. It’s been a painful, frustrating, and

As you may or may not have heard, France is back in full lockdown. Measures to control COVID-19 had been growing increasingly strict since the

This past weekend I attended the European Heritage Days, known as Journées Européennes du Patrimoine in France. This annual tradition began in 1984 with what

Last Friday, I decided I needed to get out of the city for the day. After months spent inside my apartment, it was time to

Last weekend, I found myself on the Pont Neuf in the centre of Paris. It was around 10AM on a Saturday morning in June. Normally,