The Great Housing Crisis

My first priority upon arriving in Paris, after seeing the Eiffel Tower of course, was to find permanent housing. For whatever reason, this wasn’t a huge concern of mine in the beginning. I had booked my first five nights in a hotel, and had the next ten nights secured in a hostel booked by MICEFA, …

Paris vs. New York

At first glance, Paris has more commonalities with New York than glaring differences. Maybe it was a subconscious effort to avoid culture shock and homesickness, but my fellow New Yorkers and I reached similar conclusions after our first few days in the city of lights. Both are big cities, classic melting pots of adventure and …