Language is a funny thing. Having taken four years of French in high school, I greatly struggled with utilizing my studies in the city. Greetings and one worded responses I can understand, and signs are easy to read (some even have English translations), but I have not been the best at keeping up a French…

I was so truly in love with La Notre-Dame de Fourviere. A soft sound of an accordion plays. The way the stairs lead up your eyes up, preparing them for the structure about to come. You’re then welcomed by a blue sky acting as the perfect frame for the white silhouette. While the vastness of…