On Tuesday, I said my final ‘goodbye’ to Maryse and Jean-Claude and took the train to Paris. New trip, new homestay, new world. Paris is ridiculously beautiful, and the history behind everything you touch is astounding. It’s remarkable.
In comparison, the south of France seems like an entirely different country. Everyone here moves at the same [...]

One. – It turns out, you can live life without actually living life. I had no idea. It also turns out that life, contrary to what I have grown up being told, does not have to be as difficult as it has been.
Two. – The life I lived in Los Angeles was only part of [...]

Perhaps I should preface this by saying that I NEVER do this. I’d also like to say that I am writing this in between bites of mid-day breakfast pizza and shots of orange juice, so we all know where I’m going with this.
Sure,  I have a glass of wine with dinner. Sure, maybe two or [...]

During dinner with Jean-Claude and Maryse,  they usually get swept in to the political stories aired on local news and forget all about anything else. This is totally fine by me, but I can’t usually understand much of what they are talking about because my French lessons didn’t cover political lingo.

I am no stranger to the long-distance relationship game. I was in a (ridiculous, joke of a) long-distance relationship for the better part of four years. I was young (too young,)  and stupid and told a boy some lies about who I was to impress him. What started out as innocent as that turned in [...]

Before I came to France, I did some research on French culture and took the time to read about half of a very wonderful book from a Canadian couple who came to France and lived here for two years while writing a book all about the French. I feel like I came here prepared to [...]