My first article has been published on Ma Vie Française ("My French Life")! Ma Vie Française is a unique resource for French, expats and Francophiles, wherever they may live, in that it's truly a bilingual site. I encourage you to check it out and click around! I...
Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month. Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...
Now that you've read about the origins of the poisson d'avril, it's your turn to become the prankster! Print out a few of these April fish and try to tape them to your friends' backs this Sunday, April 1 without them knowing!
The English-speaking world knows it as April Fool's Day, but the French (and also the French Canadians) call it poisson d'avril ("April's fish"), the day when you are allowed to mess with other people's heads. In France, the tradition is to try to tape a paper fish to...
This is the first official week of Spring! And the flowers are already blooming in Paris's many parks. This week, take some time to visit a park - walk or jog around, picnic, sit and read a book, or visit a park you have not been to yet. Jardin de Luxembourg Some of...
In the last month, two of my very best friends left Paris. They moved away. As "expat bloggers", we talk so much about opening bank accounts, dealing with visa issues, finding an apartment, negotiating with the cable company and other important yet superficial aspects...
