Articles by Laura Apperson

  Spring in Paris means picnics under the Eiffel Tower on the Champs de Mars and in the park behind my university. Everyone sprawls out with their baguettes and lunch goodies they bought from the […]

Since I have arrived in Paris, I have discovered the massive amount of expressions in this beautiful (and, I’ve found, quite poetic) language. Some of my French friends use them so much that they have […]

W e have all heard the stereotypes of Paris: romantic (it is the city of Love, after all), with music on every corner and wine and cheese in everyone’s hands. And along with this romantic […]

I booked a trip to Geneva and Switzerland, setting aside a weekend alone next to Mont Blanc, planning to bring along a notebook and some novels. Explored some pretty gardens and drank a lot of tea. […]

Bikes, bikes, bikes. That’s the first thing you see when you pull into Amsterdam Central–as the name suggests, it is the most central station in the small, charming town in Holland. Most visitors come here […]

Last week, I made a very detailed itinerary for myself to make sure I had every address, phone number and boarding pass ready for my trip to Italy. I would be covering three cities in […]

We are used to excessive paper-writing in the U.S.—three pages here, five pages there, ten pages (with research) at the end of the semester. In France, you write a large dissertation at the end of […]

I am going to Amsterdam for four days in March, after spending the first half in Florence and Milan, and we’re traveling by Megabus overnight both there and back. To save money (notice we chose to take […]