With my thesis defense coming up, my parents decided to visit me in France and have their very first international trip! I planned out the trip a month or two in advance to make sure we could hit a lot of popular spots, so in this post I'll list some of the places we went and things we did.We h…

 Hello everyone~ Finally, I have a new vlog to show you! This was taken ages ago, I think back in late September, but it's been sitting in the vault waiting to be edited and now it's finally done.  The day of we actually recorded quite a bit of content, but a lot of it ended up being shaky, …

When I informed friends and family that I would be doing my masters degree in Europe for the next 2 years, the comment I heard the most was that I'll be doing a lot of travelling and I thought, naively, that I would probably be going to a different country every other weekend.

Unfortunately, it…

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Hello friends, I am FINALLY back with another vlog! This one has taken quite a while to escape the archives and see the light of day again (I blame constant classes and no time) but it's finally here and I'm so excited to share it!In this vlog I'll walk around Dijon a bit, …

The concept of 'home', what does it mean when you're living abroad?
I've been in Dijon for a month and a half, which is a relatively short period of time, and even so most of my original expectations when it comes to France have already shifted dramatically. 
I had a really hard time …

Today marks my one month anniversary of arriving in France, so to celebrate I wanted to pen down some things that I think would have been helpful to know ahead of time. These are all things you tend to discover as you go through the visa process in France, but knowing about them when you first star…

Hello everyone! These past 2 weeks I've been working hard on settling into life in France, which was a bit of a bigger challenge than I expected. I think I underestimated what a big change this would all be, and for the first week my anxiety did get the better of me, which prevented me from vlo…

Hello everyone! 
Earlier this week, I boarded a one way flight to Paris, France, with my final destination being Dijon. I managed to capture a bit of footage of my journey and wanted to share it here with all of you, along with some details on travel to France post COVID.I think I expected this jour…

I've come back from my adventures abroad bringing lots of photographs & memories to share with you!


A few months ago I decided to book a trip to Paris to meet Amanda, my best friend, who has graced this blog many times. We haven't seen each other since I left Japan 2 years ago, she'…