Abby in Paris
"In many ways the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgement." -- Anton Ego (Ratatouille) Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on the city of Paris. For all of my life I had heard the seemingly fantastical tales of the City of Light from my grandparents, from friends, from media, from everywhere in fact. The Disney classic, Ratatouille, set in Paris, was my favorite movie as a kid (and still is), further fueling my imaginative picture of what the city is really like. I had expectations of a city brimming with fresh baguettes, buttery croissants, and beret-topped Parisians all with a backdrop of a gleaming Eiffel tower and sparking Seine. Before I left, I made a little promise to myself that I would not be disappointed. I knew that my image of Paris was too good to be true and therefore I should prepare for a more realistic version of the place that I made up in my head. That being sa...