My Life in Paris

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The French View of Americans

This was a rather funny and enlightening learning experience for me when I learned how French people see Americans. Some of it I had expected, like being seen as very large and overweight, driving big cars and having large houses. But what I hadn't expected...

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28 janvier 2012

Family Life

Family is a critical and important part of French culture. One of my most stunning observations occurred when I realized that most of the time when I see a mother walking with her child on the street or anywhere, that the father is present and involved...

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28 janvier 2012

French Transportation

Another thing I love about Europe and France is the amazing transportation system. Although I love the freedom of having my own car back in the States, it's also a nice change to take public transportation. It's a completely different world since you...

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28 janvier 2012

Quality of Life

The issue of quality of life is very close to my heart and something I believe Americans can learn from the French and other European countries. First off, I was shocked to discover that French people receive between 5 to 12 weeks of vacation per year!!...

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28 janvier 2012

French Cuisine-- Ooh la la!

Where do I begin? My impression of French food before living in Paris has generally been that it's heavy, with lots of cream, meat and strange things like escargot and frog legs, as well as lots and lots of wine. Being a vegetarian who doesn't particularly...

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28 janvier 2012

A New Language

You may find it hard to believe, but my decision to move to France was in spite of the reality that I've never studied a word of French in my life. Apart from the few French words and phrases we know in America like, "voila," "lingerie," "armoir" and...

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28 janvier 2012

Landing on Mars

(The view from the of Paris from the Sacre Coeur in Montmartre) My journey to live in Paris began when I met my partner, Lucas, in Thailand while I was on my 2011 world trip. I always wanted the experience of living in Europe, and possibly Paris, for...

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28 janvier 2012

A word about my blog

I decided to write a blog about my experiences of living in Paris because as an American transplant in Paris learning about France and it's people, I felt a blog could help to dispell some of the myths that Americans have about the French and that the...

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