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Art as the Soul of Florence
An Essay from Travel Writing If Rome is a city of history, then Florence is equally a city of art. You need only Google the city’s name...
Autumn Mayer
May 57 min read


Pau
Pau is a city in southwestern France, near the Pyrénées mountains and the Basque coast. It's roughly the size of Iowa City and a little...
Autumn Mayer
May 54 min read


Florence
Allison and I started the day at the Uffizi Galleries, the major art museum in Florence and Italy in general. I was able to see some of...
Autumn Mayer
May 15 min read


Mont-Saint-Michel: A Memory and a Dream
An Essay from Travel Writing Arriving in Mont-Saint-Michel feels like something out of a dream, or a memory. I remember first hearing...
Autumn Mayer
Mar 185 min read


Paris!
I started my morning at 5:00 a.m., after waking up around 4:15 in a state of wide-eyed, nervous excitement. The first thing I saw when I...
Autumn Mayer
Mar 59 min read


The Linguistic and Literary Patrimony of Lyon
An Essay from Travel Writing Lyon, France, has always been a city of language and literature. Though it earned its status as a UNESCO...
Autumn Mayer
Feb 275 min read


Strasbourg and the Alsace Region
Or Tarte Flambée and Storks This weekend, I participated in a USAC trip to Strasbourg and the Alsace region in northeastern France! Our...
Autumn Mayer
Feb 77 min read
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