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The Jersey Shore of the Côte d'Azur

Juan-les-Pins is the Jersey Shore of the Côte d’Azur. I think this while wandering past the overpriced specialty gift stores lining the...

Music, museums and the mediterranean

I decided to extend my stay here because Nice continues to surprise me every day when I stumble upon lively pedestrian squares, lively...

À la plage

Nice may be one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. I arrived this Côte d’Azur city by juddering bus and sit with my luggage on...

ABOUT ME

Salut! My name is Tessa, and I am spending the next five months pushing past my cultural, culinary and comfort confines to travel solo through Europe and Northern Africa. I will be stationed for three of these months in Morocco's capital city of Rabat, where I will be volunteering in a mental health clinic, serving Morocco's large population of disadvantaged youth and practicing my French. Follow my personal and professional journey as I describe my life in the palmeraies.