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  • 10 Ways to Stay Sane in Confinement

    We will be so grateful when we visit places, when we taste new dishes and hear new languages. And we will love stronger, hug harder and be more grateful than…

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  • The French You Don’t Learn at School – The Verlan Episode

    Do you remember when you were a child and you used to make up your own language that your parents couldn’t understand? Maybe you used words in the wrong context,…

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  • An Evening With Le Cheese Geek

    Anyone who knows me, even a little, knows how much I love cheese. Even before I lived in France, my love affair with cheese had already begun. It was just,…

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  • How to Apply for French Nationality Part Four – The Interview

    Five long months later and I finally arrived at the not so pearly gates of the Val de Marne prefecture, ready to face the last step of the nationality process.…

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  • A Weekend in NYC

    I think a weekend in a city like New York is definitely short. BUT if I had to choose what I’d do / eat / visit in just two to…

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  • My 2019 Goals

    Thanks to Jeff Goins and his 500 words a day challenge, my 2019 writing goals have got off to a good start. One of the prompts I was given last…

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  • How to Apply for French Nationality – Part Three: The Prefecture

    And so it begins… After it took me roughly two months of resending the same email again and again, over and over just to get an appointment, I had mentally…

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  • Getting a Gynecologist in Paris

        When I first moved to France, like most people I imagine, I didn’t immediately start looking for a doctor. I waited until I needed to see one and…

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  • How to Apply for French Nationality Part Two – The French Test

    As some of you may know, and if you’ve already read my first article How to Apply for French Nationality – Part One, I am currently in the process of…

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  • Versailles with The Paris Guy, a day to remember

    And so the trip begins…! I recently got the chance to visit Versailles with The Paris Guy, something I have been wanting to do for a very long time. Why ?…

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