A' Paris, avec amour...
Observer photographer & R-N art history major studying abroad
Katie Barry
Issue date: 11/13/07 Section: News
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She's a ten-minute walk from the Eiffel Tower, her north star guiding her home to 1, Place de Breteuil when she's out on the town. C'est la vie, right?
From an internet cafe in Madrid, Spain, on a weekend vacation, Rutgers-Newark student Jill Wickenheisser said she loves Paris, and everyday feels more and more like a Parisian.
"I adore the slower way of living than New York," she said. "The parks, the safety, walking past every monument daily, the architecture, the cheap wine, the cafes. Everything is just really beautiful and cute here. The baguette sandwiches!"
She is studying art history, taking classes in German and Russian painting, photography and film between the two World Wars, as well as early 20th-century art, women in film - how women take control of the screen, and the history of women in Paris (through art).
From her home at Avon-by-the-Sea, she misses burritos, people not closing their shops for an hour for lunch, cheap drinks at bars, cheap food - cheap everything, as well as the metro service closing down at 12:30 a.m., unlike the MTA in NYC which is open all day.
"I miss men not looking fancy all the time," she said. "They always get so dressed up here."
She won't be home for the holidays, but here in Newark come spring semester, and said she wants to move back to Paris after graduation.
"Paris is different from Newark because in Newark, everyone looks different from one another. Paris everyone kind of fits this ´type´ of dark colors, simple (but nice) clothes. It gets kind of boring."
Everyone should study abroad at some point, Wickenheisser said, stating that the cultures in Europe are very different and more relaxed.
"When you are in a totally different surrounding and you are uncomfortable, it really helps you figure out who you are and what you want to do in life," she said.
From an internet cafe in Madrid, Spain, on a weekend vacation, Rutgers-Newark student Jill Wickenheisser said she loves Paris, and everyday feels more and more like a Parisian.
"I adore the slower way of living than New York," she said. "The parks, the safety, walking past every monument daily, the architecture, the cheap wine, the cafes. Everything is just really beautiful and cute here. The baguette sandwiches!"
She is studying art history, taking classes in German and Russian painting, photography and film between the two World Wars, as well as early 20th-century art, women in film - how women take control of the screen, and the history of women in Paris (through art).
From her home at Avon-by-the-Sea, she misses burritos, people not closing their shops for an hour for lunch, cheap drinks at bars, cheap food - cheap everything, as well as the metro service closing down at 12:30 a.m., unlike the MTA in NYC which is open all day.
"I miss men not looking fancy all the time," she said. "They always get so dressed up here."
She won't be home for the holidays, but here in Newark come spring semester, and said she wants to move back to Paris after graduation.
"Paris is different from Newark because in Newark, everyone looks different from one another. Paris everyone kind of fits this ´type´ of dark colors, simple (but nice) clothes. It gets kind of boring."
Everyone should study abroad at some point, Wickenheisser said, stating that the cultures in Europe are very different and more relaxed.
"When you are in a totally different surrounding and you are uncomfortable, it really helps you figure out who you are and what you want to do in life," she said.
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Jillbilly
posted 11/16/07 @ 9:29 AM EST
Katie, you are simply crazy. I love you.
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