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And where do I fit in? For six weeks, I'm in many ways experiencing the life of a French student. I live in my own apartment, attend classes taught in French, and have to fend for myself with budget shopping at the Monoprix. With my daily baguette and block...
People smoke in train stations and airports, in restaurants, in hotel rooms, and on street corners. Walking through the city, I find myself holding my breath every few minutes to avoid inhaling a cloud of carcinogens. In many public areas, it's the non-smokers, instead of the smokers, who...
It wasn’t just the glamour—I wanted to go to Romania to see where my parents grew up. But the reality of the trip didn’t hit me until I found myself aboard the good ship Delta, noshing on the absurd amount of...
So I was pretty surprised when I found myself enjoying Romania. My mom's elementary school, which I had figured would be a one-room schoolhouse, had—then and now—a woodworking shop. The only woodworking I did in elementary school was sharpening my Lisa Frank...
I knew that my parents, as Jews and citizens under the Communist government, had a difficult time in Romania, and I knew I couldn’t compare their childhood to my trip. Yet I couldn’t help enjoying myself. Perhaps I had underestimated Romania.