The Flight Over: Chicago-Toronto-Paris

On August 18th, I said goodbye to my cat and home in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and headed to Chicago with my parents.  After the three hour drive, we had only about twenty minutes at the hotel before we were needed to head out to see Book of Mormon.  During this time, I decided to check in …

Visa Process

To say the process of getting a visa is stressful, or a just a small form taking minutes of your time, would be a gross understatement.  It’s more like a full time job.  It seems deceptively simple, with a list of documents that are required to obtain a student visa.  But there are specific rules …

Bonjour! :)

Je m’appelle Jacqui.  (My name is Jacqui, for those non-Francophones :]) It has been my lifelong dream to go to Paris.  I grew up reading the Madeline books, fascinated from an early age by the French lifestyle. As I took French from 7th through 12th grade and I gradually grew more and more obsessed with the …