Paris Life Update #3 and #4

Paris is beautiful! These first two pictures are my friend Sophie’s. Somehow we got lucky enough to be in Paris on internships at the same time and it has been amazing! The last picture is hers too … but don’t hold it against her. I was just being difficult haha
Pan de queijo is incredible and if you haven’t had some, that should be one of your top priorities this week. For real. Look it up right now.
I went to an incredible Jazz club! Bad news, I still can’t dance 😬
The ravens here will play games with you! I met one in the park that loved to drop and catch water bottle lids.
I visited Shakespeare and Company and visited lots of little parks that pop up all over the city. It was a good nature week 🙂

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