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I’ve been fortunate enough to experience the meaning of the phrase “home is a feeling, not a place” on multiple occasions…It’s the sort of lesson you realize will take your entire life to learn, this act of trusting a foreign feeling to engulf you in a vulnerable moment. Continue Reading
The Mulhouse Christmas Market – a Well-Spent Afternoon
I had absolutely zero inkling that the Mulhouse Christmas Market was something I was missing out on until a friend told me that they had a Ferris wheel. I have something of a weird reverence for the invention that was Chicago’s answer to the Eiffel Tower back during the 1893Continue Reading
Strasbourg: Protesters Decry Violence Against Women
On Saturday, November 23, women and other supporters took to the streets to protest femicide, or the killing of females because they are female.Continue Reading
A Lesson in Empathy at the Prefecture
I’ve maintained for a long time that travel and living abroad makes you a more empathetic person. It’s a mantra that everyone who’s done it understands, but sometimes there are days where you can feel the dial on your inner empathy compass tuning just a little more finely. I had one of those days yesterday. Continue Reading
Dammit, It’s Hard to Be Grateful Sometimes
I wrote this post a few days ago and didn’t feel like sharing it until today. Hope it touches someone who could use a reminder that it’s okay to be a cranky mess as we move into a new and colder season. Continue Reading
