France

  • Day 7 – Nice to Barcelona Today was our travel day from Nice to Barcelona, and it was far from smooth. We started the morning with one last meal in Nice before hiking up to a beautiful viewpoint we had been looking forward to seeing for months.  From there, we went to the airport, where… Read more

  • 16:14 I’m on a train right now headed for Nice in Southern France. The train feels quite old and the ventilation isn’t great. The train car currently smells like sweat and body odor. We purchased a second-class ticket, so I suppose maybe that’s why it was cheaper. We had a few bumps in the road… Read more

  • 09:46 I didn’t sleep well last night. We went to bed around 10:30pm and woke up around 2:30am. Sara went right back to sleep, but I mistakenly thought it was much closer to morning, so I checked the time and the light blasted me in the face. I didn’t sleep for at least three hours… Read more

  • Day 1 in Paris

    14:19 We just arrived in Paris. We took the train from the airport into the city and then walked about 15 minutes to our hotel. My first impression of Paris was just how dense it felt. Tokyo and New York are dense cities too, but Paris felt dense in a different way. I think part… Read more

  • Flying to Paris

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination with liminal spaces.  I remember going to airports as a child and having this strange feeling of sentimentality watching people come and go. Movie theaters, hotel lobbies, and walking through schools at night are all examples of liminal spaces that give me a similar… Read more