Non!

While visiting Paris, I latched on to a few key catch phrases to get by: merci. crepe. and my favorite… NON! …but the French accent is difficult to master. Proper “non” delivery requires an upturned nose and bitter expression. It’s a delicate balance between disgust and pretention. It’s occurrence on Paris streets, however, was rare. [...]

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Goodbye

I didn’t intend philfiles to be a blogumentary of my semester abroad. That said, I figured I’d cap it off with a semester in review. I feel so VH1. Here’s one last look back before we go forward: I watched the sun set on the Thames, night fall on the Seine, and the day dawn [...]

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Final(s) Days

What do you do when you have 48 hours left in London and a monster exam the next day? Go to the Star Wars International Movie Premiere. Leicester Square is the film industry’s home away from hollywood, and a five minute walk from our classroom building. Most premieres roll out the red carpet around 6 [...]

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Wrong Rock

No, No, No. New York City always seems to take Rock the Vote to heart (as it did in 2004). For the British general election today, however, they took it a little too literally. It’s been disappointing to see that the most exciting election news during the UK campaign occurred in the US. Everyone, even [...]

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Paris

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known. This weekend was very much A Tale of Two Cities. at least in my head. We took the modern day ferry to Paris – [...]

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