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Stories and accounts from my life in France (October 2013 to present)

Visiting the Loire Valley during a Pandemic

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Traveling to the Loire Valley during a pandemic wasn’t ideal, but we still managed to have a nice time while still remaining safe and socially-distant. Find out more on this blog post.

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

Taking the TEF Résident (Test d’Evaluation de Français)

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Read about my experience taking an official French test (TEF résident)…

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Everyday Living, My Life in France

Back to France: Autumn in the Loire Valley

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Visiting the Château de Chambord and the Château de Chenonceau in autumn

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

Photowalking through Paris

August 18, 2019by Jeparlefranglais 4 Comments

Living about 30 minutes from Paris, I usually find myself visiting at least once a month, if not maybe more. But most of the time, I’m usually rushing past some […]

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

A Return Trip to Giverny

June 23, 2019by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

Visitors are the best! Although living in a beautiful place like France, life sometimes tends to fall into a busy routine and it’s difficult to find time to stop and […]

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My Life in France, Normandy

Springtime in the Loire Valley: Château de Chenonceau

June 10, 2019by Jeparlefranglais 3 Comments

This is Part 3 of a 3 part series on my springtime trip to the Loire Valley. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here… I’ve saved the […]

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

Springtime in the Loire Valley: Three More Châteaux

May 28, 2019by Jeparlefranglais 1 Comment

Our visit to three more châteaux in the Loire Valley: Château de Villandry, Château Azay-Le-Rideau, and Château d’Amboise

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

Springtime in the Loire Valley: Château Clos Lucé and Château Cheverny

April 28, 2019by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

The first part of my series on our visit to the Loire Valley, with the Château du Clos Lucé, a residence of Leonardo da Vinci, and Château Cheverny, which inspired the creator of Tintin

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

A Summer’s Week on the Beautiful French Riviera

December 4, 2017by Jeparlefranglais Leave a comment

Dreaming of the warm days we spent of the French Riviera this past summer…

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My Life in France, The South

Gerberoy – One of the Most Beautiful Villages of France

October 18, 2017by Jeparlefranglais 2 Comments

And it’s not just me saying that.  Gerberoy is literally classified as one of The Most Beautiful Villages of France (or Les Plus Beaux Villages de France) by an independent French association with […]

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My Life in France, Paris and the Surrounding Areas

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The Château de Montrésor, overlooking the village, with the church in the background. This village is classified as one of the 159 “Most Beautiful Villages of France”.
Traveling in the middle of winter and in the middle of a pandemic is not ideal, but there is one benefit - seeing beautiful villages like these with not-a-person in sight. Read more about how we managed to do a socially-distant road trip last month (pre-lockdown) on my latest blog post (link in bio)...
Looking at these first little signs of spring in the woods…
I’ve been hearing rumors of another lockdown coming, so we’re enjoying the great outdoors while we can...
Life in France is not always a garden of roses (though they can be beautiful). My latest hurdle to establishing French residency was taking an official French test (le test d’evaluation de français or TEF for short). Given that I haven’t taken a French class in over 20 years, this turned out to be an interesting experience. Find out all about it on my latest blog post (link in bio)…
The weatherman was finally right! We got snow today! ❄️
The Jardin des Tuileries peacefully blanketed under a layer of snow 3 years ago. With snow in the weather forecast tomorrow, will this happen again? Stay tuned... ❄️
2020 as a whole has been pretty terrible, but I’m grateful for the little things, such as being able to explore this little corner of Portugal earlier this year, pre-COVID. Thank you @jwabroad and @kaniciacognard for being such great tour guides and taking to some of your favorite areas in the Algarve - it’s easy to see why they were your faves!
I can’t believe that this has been my first post in months. Maybe because I’m usually inspired by travel, and that has been pretty non-existent in 2020 (the exception being this wonderful trip to Seville in January pre-COVID). But there have been little things to be thankful for - specifically being able to return to France after being stuck in the US for 3 months with 4 flights cancelled. Now that we’re back, I’m cautiously planning a trip for the first time in over 6 months. Still unsure on the destination, but it’s definitely going to within driving distance and somewhere where we can spend the majority of our time outdoors and socially distant. And as modest as this is, it’s is giving me the energy to get going again...

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