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Hannah Wilson

Daydreams of Tulip Fields

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For the first time ever, I’m welcoming a guest blogger! Suzette, from the travel blog Try Something Fun, is here to share her experience of the beautiful Skagit Valley tulip fields in Washington. 

Flower gardens are one of my favorite things to see when I’m traveling because they bring me peace. They truly drain the stress right out of my world. There are other reasons as well; gardens are often designed with cultural concepts in mind. In Japan, some gardens are examples of harmony between man and nature. I can definitely see the truth in that, because the colors and shapes orchestrated by nature just amaze me sometimes.

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Hannah Wilson

Five More Days…

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Only five more days of working two jobs…

Only one more presentation, one 8-page paper, and two final exams…

Only seven days until I move into my parent’s house for a month…

Only five and a half weeks until I board a plane to France…

I am excited, but the excitement is bated by a sense of – what is the word? STRESS. I can feel joy once I get through the last few school assignments of my Bachelor’s degree. Pretty soon, I’ll have a lot more time on my hands to be more creative with, to blog, play video games, relax.

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Hannah Wilson

Paris Memoirs – Dépaysement

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It has been over a year since I first arrived in Paris, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, anticipating the span of five months that, in my fantastical imagination, would be pure bliss. It would be all frolicking, colorful macarons, endless bottles of wine, cornucopias of cheese, and elegant style. I just assumed that I would suddenly transform into one of those chic people you see in photos from Paris fashion week at the Tuileries. Indeed, I certainly did consume countless bottles of wine, but what I didn’t expect was a crippling reality check.

The French word dépaysement in the most general sense describes the condition of being disoriented in an unfamiliar context. At a deeper level, it is used when a person finds themselves far away from their home country, feeling a sense of alienation and longing for home; the word itself contains pays, which is French for country.

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