{"id":67,"date":"2014-09-07T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emlajolie.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2021-06-11T04:43:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T04:43:04","slug":"travel-bordeaux-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emlajolie.com\/2014\/09\/travel-bordeaux-france\/","title":{"rendered":"travel: bordeaux, france"},"content":{"rendered":"
September 7, 2014<\/em> \u2013 I always find it a bit pretentious to say my second home is in France, but it’s the truth. And after my best friend’s mother bought me a decor pillow with those exact words, I’ve chosen to embrace it. Why not?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After a full first week of classes at Sciences Po, I headed down to my familiar city of Bordeaux for the weekend to see my host family (I lived with them during a gap year between HS & college) and relax. Paris is great, don’t get my wrong, but there was something so insanely reassuring about being in Bordeaux again. Seriously, as soon as I stepped off that train, I was immediately at ease. Warmth, sunshine, French people, pretty architecture, good wine – this place really has it all. When I was thinking about how to explain it to people, I decided that Bordeaux is like the California of France. Paris being the New York, of course.<\/p>\n