From Pensford to Paris
A new week, a new guest blogger! Hannah Moore is originally from Bristol. She’s a third year student at the University of Birmingham studying English Literature and French Studies. Hannah has just started blogging for her year abroad and she’s hoping to document her whole time here with weekly…
How to Look Parisian in a Heartbeat
This week’s guest blogger is the girl from Everyday Facts. In her wonderful blog she covers fashion, the latest trends and so much more. Why not head over there now? Click here to go to Everyday Facts and check out this fantastic fashion blogger. How…
15 Things I learned in 2015 (By Ellen Coté)
This week’s first guest writer is Ellen Deninger! Ellen is a student from Boston, Massachusetts currently living in Paris for an internship. She loves blogging about her travels abroad to give her family and friends a glimpse of what her life is like in Europe.…
The French You Don’t Learn at School – Part II
A few months ago I wrote a post about the French you don’t learn at school, intended to make my friends laugh and hopefully teach them some typical Parisian phrases at the same time. We learn a lot of expressions at school that the Parisians don’t…
Elie & Noémie – The Dazzling Duo you just have to discover!
This delightful duo are fairly new on to the live music scene in the pubs of Paris and are like nothing I’ve ever seen before. They’re refreshingly different and uniquely unconventional. Fairy lights surround them as they perform covers that will both surprise and delight your…
The French you don’t learn at school.
I’ve been asked a lot recently to explain how I learnt French; how I learnt to speak quickly and fluently and most often of all, how I learnt to sound like a Parisian. Interestingly, people always presume that I studied here or that I studied…
You know you’re in Paris when…
1. You sprint everywhere You sprint for the metro because you can’t bear to wait two minutes for the next one and you power walk, all the time, even on weekends. Your normal walking pace triples because you have to keep up with the crowd…
5 must-read books if you are living in Paris
1. A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke. This was the first book I read when I moved to France and to this day it remains one of my favourites. The book explores the cultural differences between Britain and France and broaches the subject…
An Interview with Etienne Belin
Interview – 15.01.2015 “I’ve always had the same goal; to take pleasure in what I’m doing and to enjoy the music that I perform.” – Etienne Belin Almost three years ago now I met Etienne Belin for the first time. I remember being bowled over by his…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas in my house has always been a wonderful thing and to this day it is still my favourite time of the year. I still remember the excitement I felt as a child. I was a big believer in all things magical so it was…
