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Gabriella
I'm a twenty-something American with a caffeine addiction and chronic wanderlust. I have been living and working in France for the past seven years, teaching students the importance of the Oxford comma and negotiating licensing rights for the Albin Michel Group. I love books and travel more than I love anything else.
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Tag Archives: Eastern Europe
sang
| blood (masculine noun) | /sæŋ/ While I was in Prague, I visited the Kafka Museum and marveled at a 100-page letter Kafka had written–but never sent–to his father, someone who remained an oppressive figure throughout Kafka’s life and work. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Eastern Europe, Europe, family, Kafka, learning, lessons learned, literature, poetry, Prague, relationships, travel, writing
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vivante
| alive (feminine adjective) | /vivɑ̃t/ Being alone defies social norms. From a young age, there is instilled in us a certain fear of solitude, because it is the terrible breeder of loneliness. That fear crystallizes within us until we … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged advice, beer, Eastern Europe, Europe, Krakow, learning, lessons learned, loneliness, pierogi, Poland, solitude, solo travel, travel
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au revoir
| goodbye | /o ʀəvwaʀ/ Travel is not for the faint of heart, because traveling means always having to say goodbye. Tomorrow I’ll leave behind my apartment, laden with memories, and embark on my first-ever solo journey through Eastern Europe. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Random, Travel
Tagged best friends, Bordeaux, Budapest, Eastern Europe, expat, expatriates, fear, France, friendship, goodbye, heartbreak, living abroad, love, Marrakech, Romania, solo travel, trains, travel
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peur
| fear (feminine noun) | /pœʀ/ In one month, I will embark on a frightening voyage through Eastern Europe. For ten days, I will travel alone on night trains from Budapest to Southern Transylvania and finally into Bucharest, Romania’s capital. Though … Continue reading
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Tagged Brasov, bravery, Bucharest, Budapest, Dracula, Eastern Europe, fear, Hungary, literature, living abroad, Romania, self-discovery, The Historian, trains, travel, traveling alone
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