My Italian is getting better so I decided to reward myself with an opportunity to practice my French. :-) Getting from Milan to Paris was pretty easy. I flew EasyJet ($112 roundtrip) and after about an hour long flight I was at Charles de Gaulle. I am definitely going to enjoy traveling in Europe. On the upside, it's super cheap. The roundtrip tickets I have purchased have all been under $120 (some one-way at $35). On the downside, you are allowed to carry 1 super small bag (purse counts as a bag) so my high maintenance travel days are over. For this trip, I will be here for 3 nights and was surprisingly able to get everything into my book bag.
Our first night in Paris felt sort of like a night at home in the US. We went to a Jay Z concert which was GREAT. We met some guys at the concert who spoke a little bit of English but knew every lyric to Jay Z's songs. Needless to say, he is huge here!
Another highlight of my trip was meeting up with a friend from law school, Cherine. When I decided to travel to Paris, I let her know I'd be in town. Cherine left the US shortly after we graduated from law school so I haven't seen her since. We had an amazing lunch at a very cute cafe in Opera and she told me about her experience living in and teaching law in Paris. In short, the pros are the amazing shopping, diversity of things to do and the great food. The cons are the extremely difficult and discriminatory real estate market and the super old apartments.
Overall this was an amazing weekend trip. Paris is still the beautiful, vibrant city that I remember when I visited in '98 on my family vacation. I feel blessed to have traveled here twice. I'd definitely like to come back again for a longer time with a larger bank account. #mbastudentbudget
Our first night in Paris felt sort of like a night at home in the US. We went to a Jay Z concert which was GREAT. We met some guys at the concert who spoke a little bit of English but knew every lyric to Jay Z's songs. Needless to say, he is huge here!
Another highlight of my trip was meeting up with a friend from law school, Cherine. When I decided to travel to Paris, I let her know I'd be in town. Cherine left the US shortly after we graduated from law school so I haven't seen her since. We had an amazing lunch at a very cute cafe in Opera and she told me about her experience living in and teaching law in Paris. In short, the pros are the amazing shopping, diversity of things to do and the great food. The cons are the extremely difficult and discriminatory real estate market and the super old apartments.
Overall this was an amazing weekend trip. Paris is still the beautiful, vibrant city that I remember when I visited in '98 on my family vacation. I feel blessed to have traveled here twice. I'd definitely like to come back again for a longer time with a larger bank account. #mbastudentbudget
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