So close but yet so far

The term paper due Monday (!) is well within the page range the professor asked us for (yay!) but still has many an [ADD] or [CITE] remaining (waah!). The problem with writing about France, as an American, from one's living room in America is that I don't, of course, have any idea what I'm talking about. Books help, as does Clementine, but when it comes down to it, I don't have a clue. This might require some time in France doing research (eating cheese) somewhere down the line...