The exchange rate between the dollar and the Euro means that everything you buy while in Europe is more expensive than “back at home.” When traveling anywhere in the world eating in restaurants for all your meals can cost...
French Friday: Postcard Privacy!
Summertime, vacation time. The time of the year to send out postcards to family and friends who are in different parts of the country or the world. Did you realize that there are different styles of how you send...
French Friday – A Passion for Paris: A Place of Destiny
We are reaching the end of my two guest post series, A Passion for Paris and Beyond Paris. I had a fabulous time working with all the bloggers who graciously contributed posts for the series. It is just another...
French Friday – French by Heart
It’s no secret that I have an obsession with books about France and French culture. I have read a ton of them and for the most part, they usually take place in Paris or the south of France. So...
French Friday – Le Business of La Bise
La bise. A specific kind of kiss that you see French people (as well as many other European nationalities) do in greeting (and in departure). It can be a tricky thing. Although I lived in France in L’Ain, where...
French Friday – French Dog Names
Did you know that in France all dogs born in the same year must start with a certain letter? French dog names are dictated by a naming convention that has been in place nearly a hundred years! On a...
French Friday – He loves me, he loves me not
Ahhh, love. It is the universal language, but we don’t all speak it the same way. As part of a multicultural couple figuring out the intricacies of love can be quite an adventure. Luckily enough the French are as...
French Friday – Restrooms on the road
Last week I talked about public restrooms in Paris, particularly the glamorous Le Point WC. I mentioned that I had another tip for bathroom usage, and here it is. When my husband and I moved to France and started...
French Friday – Le Point WC – Paris’ Glamorous Toilet!
It’s not easy to find a public toilet in Paris, nearly impossible to find free ones. There are a couple of options for using the restroom when nature calls. You can use the public toilets that are found on...
French Friday – 3 tips for French tourists visiting the U.S.
After my post, last week on three simple tips on how not to be the annoying American tourist in Paris, Stéphany over at La Grenadine Acidulée asked me to do a similar post for French tourists visiting the U.S....
How Not to be the Annoying American Tourist in Paris
Back when I did my trip report about my last trip to Paris I mentioned that I was going to follow up with a post about a group of Americans from New York who had impeded our Notre Dame...
French Friday – Julia Child
I am not going to do a review of the movie Julie & Julia, my blogging buddy Clarabela over at Just Chick Flicks has already done that for me. What I do want to talk about is how this...