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24 Signs You Studied Abroad In Paris

Two words: FRENCH. CHEESE. 🧀
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Associate Editor of News and Emerging Platforms, HuffPost

Studying abroad is an unforgettable experience, especially when you get to live in the most beautiful city in the world for an entire semester. From fresh-baked baguettes, to strolling by la Tour Eiffel, to drinking wine with every meal, Paris is the kind of city that you just can't help but fall in love with. 

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You have this thing for classic, Haussmannian architecture that no one understands.
2
You've taken this exact photo at the Louvre and it took you about 987324 tries to get it just right.
3
Your culinary taste is très sophisticated and open to trying new things.
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If you learned anything at all, it's that wine goes with every meal.
5
You were utterly devastated when they removed the love locks from the Pont des Arts because you contributed a piece of your heart to that beauty.
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You've experienced the pure enchantment that is the Eiffel Tower at night and concluded that yes, magic is real and it is among us all.
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Now that you've spent quality time with your girl Mona, you consider yourself something of an art connoisseur.
8
You think any city that doesn't have shops dedicated ENTIRELY to pastries on every corner is seriously doing it wrong.
9
When you peer outside a window, if you don't see a breathtaking, postcard-worthy monument or an example of historic architecture, you're disappointed.
10
As far as you're concerned, any bread that isn't French is absolutely inadequate.
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No shopping spree will ever compare to a day roaming the Champs Elysées.
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You've eaten so much charcuterie you might as well name your first born after it.
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You consider cheese its own separate food course in a meal.
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You have an unhealthy Nutella obsession to the point where you could eat it by the spoonful.
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You despise all public transportation that isn't your beloved métro.
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Your idea of a lunch date involves sitting at a tiny circular table at an outdoor café for hours on end.
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You consider crêpes a perfectly valid meal choice for any time of day.
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Your tastebuds know firsthand that macarons taste just as glorious as they look.
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You casually write everything with a stylo-plume because Paris makes people effortlessly fancy like that.
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You've tasted liquid, minty heaven from the Diabolo gods and find it shocking Americans still have yet to catch on.
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You wish all your grocery shopping could take place outside in an adorable little flee market.
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You take your café au lait very seriously, meaning your cup of Joe better be served ~avec~ a piping hot side of milk, s'il vous plaît.
23
It absolutely baffles you that most restaurants in the U.S. don't allow dogs.
24
The "city of love" made you quite the hopeless romantic. JUST LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE IN THE AIR.

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