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Category Archives: Life in Paris

working girl

The job search is over! Victory at long last is mine! For the last 2 weeks I’ve been babysitting/teaching english to a lovely almost 4-year-old in the 18th Arrondissement. I’m doing 7 hours per week at 10€ per hour which is not bad at all. Actually a lot of my job is transport… I bring […]

how to throw a party in paris…

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getting a student id

Getting the student ID is kind of weird… I’m guessing it’s different at each school but here’s my experience anyway. I woke up, made some mad delicious eggs, and left the apartment. Transport was simple- straight up to the last stop on the 13 line. When I got to campus though all I could do was spin […]

the night garden

On September 25th Victoria and I went out to the Musée Rodin for it’s last late night opening of the year. She’s always finding cool things going on in Paris… This summer the museum stayed open until 11pm every Wednesday night (from June 19th to September 25th). The garden is the reason we went… it’s free! Here […]

registration

Registration was an interesting process. For those who don’t know, I’m studying at Paris 8-Saint Denis for my first semester (and then either staying for cinema courses or switching to Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle for the second semester). Registration was last week for us from the 16th to the 20th of September, but it’s different for […]