1. How to be a pro metro rider
2. Stop for cars. They won’t stop for you
3. There are way many more kind strangers out there then you would think
4. Jewish history
5. Don’t walk around at night alone as a girl in an area you don’t know
6. The art of eating a pain au chocolate while walking without coating yourself in crumbs – and then if you are eating in public, guarantee a stranger will tell you “bon apetit”
7. The best crepes are made fresh: don’t settle for the precooked stuff
8. Elevators are a luxury, not given. Never a given
9. Cuing up is a cultural conception
10. It is possible to look good all the time, just difficult to master
11. First impressions are rarely accurate
12. In most of my classes, the teacher is always right.
13. Pierre Herme macaroons are the uncontested winner.
14. Chile’s political history
15. You are never too old to bike to work
16. You can never have too much wine
17. Or too much cheese
18. Or too much baguette
19. There is a big difference between being able to speak a language in a classroom and in a social situation
20. That 4 months is not nearly enough time here, but it is enough time to make amazing friends
21. NEVER address a distinguished old man as “tu”
22. Strikes happen. A lot.
23. Don't every try to look as effortlessly put together, waif-like, or naturally intimidating as french girls. it is impossible for us north americans. so is walking on icy cobbled streets in high heels (courtesy of Sarah)
24. Don’t tip
25. How to ignore the smell of urine
26. The men that try to talk to you on the streets are not the ones you want to talk to
27. Try as you might, you can’t prepare to be completely unprepared
28. Even the French don’t quite understand the Bureaucracy
29. You will never be the only person drinking in public
30. Eating as an art form
31. If you don’t have exact change at the boulangerie, tabac, grocery store, whatever – expect to be SCORNED and MOCKED
32. Don’t fly with Ryanair – it is not a better deal
33. Writing group papers are kind of fun
34. It is possible to find a new street / cool shop/ amazing area EVERYTIME you go for a walk
35. that I LOVE PARIS
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