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First : Ennis, small town near Limerick in Ireland. I won't say much as my souvenirs are not that great. I don't remember anything about the city except its nightclub where I had a good time (at ten years old, see!) and a street on the hill. Appart from that, I had troubles with the Irish - I promiss this changed afterwards...

Second, Chatham. Good, lovely city, full of activities, pubs (now I was Thirteen!) and Discos. A great city to live in, and the people were so nice. Not too far from London, about 45 minutes by train. My first experience of London, Canterbury and Brighton by the way.

Then, Edimburgh. Love the people from there, they say "blead" instead of bread, the old city is lovely, and the castles and the nature over Scotland is georgious and make people imagine a lot of stories. I did! That was a nice time. I still remember princess street, and the park next to it where on wednesday evening in the summer, you can dance traditional celtic dances.

At fourteen, I also went to Oxford, not for a long time, only two weeks. But we travelled a lot, to London, Canterbury and actually everywhere there was a castle to visit! That was nice, a little too short to really get to know everything. It was with my class, compared to the previous journey in host families.

Sixteen, I went to London, for three weeks. Not exactly London, Wimbledon. That was great. The people I met there from every country were great. We spent a lot of time in Piccadilly just like tourists but we had the feeling we were grown-up because it was forbidden by night. We always took the last train to go back home, at midnight and also went by night to Brixton, where two days before leaving, we discovered how dangerous that was. Funny how things turns out... Anyway, I met Camden Town, but most of all, I knew from that day that London had something special.

Seventeen, I went to Dublin. I had to rediscover this country that I hated so long. This time, I found it really great, maybe because I was older, but also because Dublin is a great city, and a dynamic one. I remember temple bar where i wasn't allowed to come in, but I still did. Why wouldn't I, I was not that much following the laws. And we also went to kilkenny where you can stay on the beach to see the sun goes down. I had my first joint there, that was fun. You know, being young...

Heighteen, I went to Spain, la Costa del Sol, something really useless, but i think i wanted luxury for once. And I had it! It was really sunbathing all day long and parties and dating at night. It was nice actually. Eventually, I visited Cordoba and Sevilla. Lovely cities, quite museum like, from the part i saw.

Nineteen, I went to Italy, to see friends that I met in London and Dublin. I spent one week in Roma, and two in None, not far from Torino. Quite an experience, I had to train an improvised italian, but that was okay. Torino is an interesting city, even if in the summer, there is noone left. Not very touristic. And Roma was too big and I didn't have the time to see it all. So maybe some day.

Twenty, back to the way I was, with two weeks in Cambridge. I missed england too much, and there was no destination to london. That was good I think. This was actually really great, I really like this city. Loads of students, loads of things to do. And 45 minutes from London where I went twice, missing it already by the time I had to go back...

Twenty-one, I can't remember... Oh, yes, I worked a lot, and then, I moved from Paris where I'm originally from, to Nantes, near Brittany. It's a student city, really great with a lovely weather, and loads of cultural things to do. I studied there one year, a terrific year. Places to go to: Le Lieu Unique, which is really unique. and other places, like the Versailles Ireland, along the canal. Beach is one hour away, with Pornic and La Baule...

I went to London for two weeks then, looking for a great view of london, where you can actually see from a park London Eye, BT tower and the rest of the city. I was also looking for private parks, just like the ones you see in Notthing Hill. And I found instead how to enjoy London for more than its museum (that I love indeed) its nightclub (That were great), its Pubs (that I bloody loved) but for the parks right in the middle of the city, those immense parks, and I also found where I wanted to live the rest of my life in south kensington. I'm in love with the architecture and the location.

Anyway, I spent then four month in Aarhus, which is in Denmark for information! And this is a great city, looks like Nantes in a way, lots of culture, lots of students, near the seaside. A lovely place to live. There I visited Copenhaguen, that I didn't like but maybe it was because of the weather, i don't know. I also visited Oslo in Norway, and I loved this city, even if it was cold and rainy all the time. I spend my four days there visiting the museums, the best restaurants and walking in the city and the harbour.

I went back to Nantes for six more months, and went back to Paris. I visited this city quite a lot for those last six months. This is a great city, no way I can pretend the opposite. Its wonderfull buildings, the life there, the quarters that are so different from one another. This city is about living there. I love walking in the small street, just going nowere, being lost for a while, and then find back the next station of metro and go back home.

Why have I visited so much Paris then, because I knew I would be gone for a while. Indeed, New York City is where I now live since nine months. It's a rought city, so big you can't really find yourself in it. It takes time and I'm not in a hurry. But it's like, anything you request, you can have it within twelve months, that's what I think. Like you want to see an artist, you want to do something, you want to see a painting, you want to meet someone from anywhere in the world, wanna eat something particular. There you can find it. But the people are the hardest to find. Really. I mean it. And it doesn't mean because you found them once that you found them for ever. Totally different from the French culture. But this is a journey, so let's not expect too much and wait and see...

San Francisco: rough, cold, rainy, exhaustingly not flat and windy. Interesting and intriging. Will come back there as soon as possible to make sure I didn't get this city wrong.

Boston: a nice first perception, including the Gaypride, a interesting history part and a great amount of green areas. The city center is quite pleasant. Harvard campus is surreal, in a way this kind of perfect land where everybody is gifted and rich.

Niagara Falls: nature can be astonishing. And powerfull dangerous. As a thousand million people before me, I took the boat with a blue plastic rainsuit with the inscription "maiden of myst" to go really at the bottom of the falls to get wet and have a little bit of emotion. It works, it felt like after half a bottle of rhum, without the hangover. Besides that, considering the large amount of tourists, the surrounding is not fancy.

Amsterdam: ah, something about this city reminded me of San Francisco... The weather! Damned, it's such a pretty city but the weather can knock you down after an hour. So there is all the canals crossing each street of the center, the houses so perfectly typical, the crazy bikes (who would have guessed that they are more dangerous than the cars) and unexpected tramways. The city is at human scale, so it's perfect to walk in (unless the weather is treating you bad). Nice places to eat, hang out, culture yourself.

Barcelona: i always wanted to go, but something would come on the way. And I guess it had to happen for a certain reason and I did it so fast that I will have to return there to actually understand better the city. I walked the old town, the marina, drove up the hills and paused on a balcony with a view of the city. And I still don't know. It is not a city that give herself so easily...