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[reveparisien]

I've been back for two weeks now and I thought I would take some time to write about my trip ! It was just amazing. This is one of the best things I've ever done ! No matter how much I love to travel, I always get terribly homesick when I'm abroad and I didn't feel homesick once there. There was just this one time after I left my group and was back

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[sullypants]

where I just wanted a hug

OMG! This is how I get homesick too! If I avoid thinking about family and the fact that they're not with me and I can't hug them etc, I'm usually okay while traveling, but as soon as I get on the phone with them I get super sad. To this day my mother is convinced that I spent every waking moment in Europe homesick and miserable because I would always be melancholy as soon as I got on the phone/skype with her. Obviously I was having tons of fun.

I didn't know that you were traveling alone--I've always thought that to travel alone would be so freeing. I almost went to Krakow by myself in 2009, but my plans fell through/conflicted with group plans to go to Ireland. Also, I know for a fact that my mother would freak out if I were to travel alone internationally, or even domestically (even though I went back and forth from Boston to London alone, and went to Ireland alone, and went from Barcelona to London alone too. I consider myself capable). Not that this will ever stop me. My mother is prone to worry.

[reveparisien]

Traveling on my own was awesome ! I felt so independent. I'm so glad I got to take this trip which was my dream trip on my own. I took notice of everything. I was really observant. I didn't speak French for two weeks (except with the few French I randomly met here and there) ! How exciting ! My tongue felt so tired at the end of the day :) I got to spend hours at The Strand bookstore and then again some more hours at Barnes & Nobles. That might sound silly (I'm sure it doesn't sound silly to you, though) but those were the experiences I was the most looking forward to ! Also, for example, I got to do some funny thing. Like, for example, I went to Staples, just because we don't have it in France and they're the big company that Dunder Mifflin (The Office) compete with

[kels450]

Welcome back, love! And thank you so much for posting this, aw, i enjoyed reading it all. It sounds like you had a wonderful time...i'm so jealous!! It just all sounds amazing. And you saw SO MUCH!!! Aah, what a brilliant trip. So pleased for you, love.

Hope you're doing well! ♥

[reveparisien]

Hello Dear ! Thank you !! It was the best trip ever ! It couldn't have been any more perfect ! I'm so glad I got to visit a few cities besides New York. It feels like I know the area well, you know ? Besides, we were travelling in a van so I got to see a lot of landscapes and we stopped at rest stops and got to talk with some people from very small towns. That was really cool ! Now, I just want to be back :)
I hope you're well ! This is a bit of a depressing weekend for me as it feels like autumn (grey sky!) and I have too much studying to do :( But it makes me feel better to think about the United States !

[traversant]

Sounds so amazing, I'm so happy to hear you had such a great time!!!!!!!! :D :D

[reveparisien]

Thanks! It's too bad you couldn't make it to New York ! :)

[hostile17girl]

When I'm abroad, I love going to a grocery store and looking at the products !
YES, I love this too! I went to England in 2008 and one of my favorite things was wandering around Tesco or Sainsbury's looking at all of the different foods and things.

We spotted Fenway Park !
I went to school at Boston University and lived right down the street from Fenway for three years! I'm not a baseball fan in the slightest, but it was sort of exciting to sometimes hear the cheering crowds from my dorm room.

I absolutely love how enchanted you seemed to be with your time in America. The way you've rhapsodized about everything and how you were so open to new sights and experiences reminds me of how Americans describe their European travels. I hardly ever see this perspective of America, it's refreshing! Perspective, that's what it is.

I love your Flickr photos! I anxiously await the rest!

[reveparisien]

I love Tesco and Sainsbury's too ! British products are great to look at.

You did ? Oh my god, that's amazing ! How do you feel about Boston now ? Did you like it there ? (Also, I'm interested : what did you study there ?) It sounds like you were really close to Fenway ! How exciting ! You know, I wouldn't say I'm a baseball fan either but the Red Sox are just part of the Boston mythology (like Ben Affleck, Dunkin Donut or Harvard are (even though, not technically in Boston!)). I'm sure I would love baseball if I got the chance to watch a match, though. We don't have baseball in France. You live in Seattle, now, right ? Do you like it there ? I really, really want to visit someday !

Thanks ! I'm glad you like the pictures !!

Ps : I finally bought Wildwood ! Still tempted about The Night Circus but... not sure. I don't like circus. I was taken there when I was a child even though I didn't like it. Do you think I could still enjoy it ? Because it sounds good and I'm ready to like circus for it ! Also, the cover is pretty !

[hostile17girl]

I studied scenic design at BU (I lost interest halfway through but finished because I didn't know what major to switch to. And that's why I now push books around for a living). Theatre basically swallowed my entire life for those four years, so I subsequently don't have a lot of feelings about Boston other than how unhappy school made me. Recently I've been thinking that I'd like to visit again someday and maybe I'll end up feeling some fondness for the city.

Yes, I live in Seattle! I actually grew up in a town about an hour south of Seattle (it was small and boring) and I definitely prefer Seattle. I don't get a chance to explore the city very often, but I like that it's not overwhelmingly exciting like the few times I've been to New York. I don't feel pressured to be going out and having fun all the time here, which I appreciate.

Ohhhh I hope you haven't bought The Night Circus. I liked the setting and all of the descriptions of the circus itself (see, I like the circus and I have ever since I was a child) much better than the

great.

[t_writes]

Hi Morgane. Looks like you had a great experience. It was so cool reading your favorite places and comments about the trip. I made a little list from your tips to my future (I hope!) travel to NYC and Boston. Here it goes:

1. The Strand (bookshop)
2. breakfast at Whole Foods
3. go to a grocery store to look the products (genious!)
4. eat a veggie burguer
5. MoMa
6. one morning in Central Park
7. the very cool NYU bookshop
8. list the films to see again after been there (awesome)

Thank you. : )
I identified immediately with your way of travel and it always good seeing the perpective of a very cool french girl.

Re: great.

[reveparisien]

Hi! Thanks ! I'm so glad this wasn't too boring :) I really hope you'll go to NY and Boston very soon. This is the dream ! The list you made is perfect ! Also, add : walk Brooklyn bridge and you're all set !
Thank you ! You're very sweet :)