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Three years and many world travels later, I am back in the place I once called home. The land of my formative years, France has been on my mind ever since I left it. And now here I am. In little ole' Perigueux.
| Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries) | |||
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Perigueux | Feb 15 '08 | Dropping down with a soft landing
"I feel it everywhere—in my bones, my skin, even my teeth—that I am supposed to be here." |
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Perigueux | Mar 03 '08 | Depositing my sanity at the local bank
"Oh, the ups and downs of living abroad. It’s like being on your period every day for three months in a row." |
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Perigueux | Mar 05 '08 | You talkin 'bout my mama?
"The thing is, deep inside, I know I’m right. The rude, unsmiling saleswoman—it is because we’re in France." |
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Perigueux | Mar 08 '08 | Market day, hurrah!
"Usually, I am turned off by this. But this is Perigueux, not the penitentiary." |
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Perigueux | Mar 10 '08 | A light slap...in the face
"In the mix of thoughts, I realize the depths of my own ignorance." |
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Perigueux | Mar 14 '08 | Another deflating moment at the bank
"Amid all the confusion of both of us talking at once, I am under the impression that I am being denied." |
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Perigueux | Mar 15 '08 | Sweating it out for the Chateau de Biron
"I desperately try to read the road map Nadege has given me, hoping I look up in time to dodge the wandering goats..." |
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Perigueux | Mar 16 '08 | At your service, Dr. Boobology
"But I save my enthusiasm for later. Right now, I’ve got to push my boobs up against a machine." |
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Perigueux | Mar 18 '08 | Tibetan yoga... in France?
"One thing I detest is loud, heaving breathing. And I am in a forest of it." |
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Perigueux | Apr 29 '08 | There's no place like home... but is it?
"I never knew when I could call myself a journalist. Now, the moment has arrived." |
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Perigueux | Jun 10 '08 | Japan: a culture for killing?
"In a culture that is so repressed that no one would dare break a rule such as walking on the curb, I am not entirely surprised by the need to lash out." |
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Perigueux | Jun 15 '08 | Exercising the family webcam
"With that, my dad stands up in front of the camera, lifts his white polo shirt up to his chest and slaps his stomach with a thud, then turns to the side and slaps it again." |
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Perigueux | Sep 05 '08 | Biting back at life's split seconds
"My life has become defined by seconds. Thirty seconds, fifteen seconds, but most often, two seconds." |
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