jamie y. watkins

Tag: France

  • Of Mists and Stones

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    A couple years ago, Chad and I visited Brittany, France. I’m over at You Are Here today, writing about the experience we had there. I hope you’ll join me there.  We arrive early in the morning, while the mist from the sea is still floating in among the long rows of stones. We can barely…

  • I’m Scared Too

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    In one week, Chad and I will be getting on a plane and flying across the ocean to Europe, to France. We are so excited to revisit the beautiful Alsatian city where we studied abroad, where we began our romance ten years ago. We love France. And we watched with grief and sorrow and fear…

  • The Big 5

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    My junior year of college, I studied abroad for one semester in Strasbourg, France. Studying abroad in France for five months was, for me, a big thing. I grew up in a family that didn’t really travel, didn’t fly, didn’t venture, so traveling alone for five months to a foreign country was a big step,…