As much as age can limit, maybe it also liberates. There may come a point when you dance in the street when you feel like it; good riddance to inhibitions.

I can wear my Northwestern hoodie and my Edinburgh hoodie with pride because both universities are great institutions.

I have come to learn that it is the little things, the ones that we bury in the back of our minds, that really come to focus when you live abroad.

The city itself has the same white stone buildings, narrow streets with tiny cars, cobblestone walkways and roundabouts that seem to compose most French cities.