Tag: Travel Stories
After hatching an escape plan, she finally mustered the courage to leave a dead-end relationship. The only problem was now she was going to be homeless overseas. Although that still sounded better than having someone control your life, you can’t stay on a work visa and live on the streets. If she didn’t find a place to live soon, her time in France might be up.
On the evening of New Year’s Day in 2018, my sisters and I visited the Jardins des Tuileries, we drank vin chaud (hot wine) at Place de la Concorde, and then we strolled down a rainy Champs-Élysées under the twinkling holiday lights that glistened in the puddles on the sidewalk. The buildings were lit up with lights, everything looked like it was glowing. We reached the Arc de Triomphe at dusk and tried to take photos from across the street despite the hectic traffic in the background. The site itself was closed for the #holiday, so we planned to meet Anthea in the tunnel below.
A popular travel question is: Have you been there? Some people include simply flying over a state or territory as having been there. What would you say? Does it count?