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La Vie en Lillie
Splitting my time between the United States and France, I use this page to document my travels.
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End of Chapter 2
I think Chapter 1 began back in college, when I studied abroad in Paris for a spring semester (or even the first ever trip at age 12)....

Lillian E.
Jul 1


Nice and Easy (Nice and Èze)
I can now say I've been to the South of France. With my culinary semester in Paris finally wrapping up, I decided to be brave and take a...

Lillian E.
Jul 1


Leaving Paris (Reims)
You thought I was leaving leaving? Not yet! With exams safely out of the way, I had plans to explore. First trip was to Champagne. Reims...

Lillian E.
Mar 17


End of Term Exams
Exams might have snuck up on us, but it doesn't mean the adventures stopped! The Basic Cuisine class of January-March 2024! This was...

Lillian E.
Feb 24


Food Tour: Dating Edition
As I sit here writing about things that happened a year ago at a small desk in a chalet in a small village located in the French Alps,...

Lillian E.
Feb 24


ABC's: Agriculture, Beer, and Cassoulet
Le Salon d'Agriculture à Paris - February 25, 2024 My family is still in town but I left them to do a day of more exploring and shopping...

Lillian E.
Feb 13


Stained Glass and Sparkly Outfits
February 24, 2024 One sister wasn't feeling well this morning, so she slept in while the rest of us got up and in line for the...

Lillian E.
Feb 13


Vacances à Versailles
February 23, 2024 You didn't think the Girls' Trip ended there, did you?? In fact, it's only just begun! This next excursion needs its...

Lillian E.
Feb 6


Girls' Trip (part 2)
We are continuing our break from the already irregularly scheduled "Culinary School" content to go into more detail about the visit I...

Lillian E.
Feb 6


Girls' Trip!
So many posts have been sitting in my drafts! I got so busy with the end of term and wrapping up my little Paris life, that I lost track...

Lillian E.
Nov 22, 2024


Fondue and French Alps
Behold: what happens when the trip finally leaves the group chat. Sometimes you just have to trust everyone else to want it just as much...

Lillian E.
Apr 9, 2024


A Social Update
March 3, 2024 My last post was dedicated to catching up on all the food adventures. This one will be an attempt to catch up on all the...

Lillian E.
Mar 5, 2024


A Food Update
February 29, 2024 Happy Leap Year! I've been so busy, I haven't had time to update my adventure log. So I came back from Bordeaux and...

Lillian E.
Mar 1, 2024


An American in Bordeaux
Saturday morning, bright and early, I got up and took my duffel bag in search of breakfast on my way to the train station. Lucky me I...

Lillian E.
Feb 15, 2024


New Friends!
After we learned how to make veal escalope, I went home and dubbed Monday: Cleaning Day. I did lots of cleaning, reorganizing, writing,...

Lillian E.
Feb 9, 2024


Sommeliers and Sulkies
So we last left off with me on my friend’s couch. I eventually got up off that couch to go look out the kitchen window at all of the...

Lillian E.
Feb 1, 2024


Toujours de la Saucisse
The class I had on Saturday was surprisingly difficult. I slept in after the long night with the Banda, went to class at 2pm and the...

Lillian E.
Jan 24, 2024


Fish, Art, and Music
We last left off with burgers a week ago. I'd like to get better at keeping track of what's going on but when I look back, I haven't had...

Lillian E.
Jan 23, 2024


Sausage, Soup, and Burgers- Oh My!
Wednesday, January 17, 2024. If anyone was holding their breath waiting to hear about raclette, it didn't happen (yet). Instead, here's a...

Lillian E.
Jan 17, 2024


Graduating from Carrots to Eggs
January 12, 2024. Today is Friday! We've made it through one week so far. Here's a photo of some of my classmates and me waiting for our...

Lillian E.
Jan 12, 2024
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