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I read someone who said their French teacher was railing on Americans (as the French are wont to do. But…

Random language stories, bragging, plus a bit of encouragement for all of you who have told me you’d love to do what we’re doing, but you’re bad at languages.

1. I think a big part of the reason we’re here is because I had the hare-brained idea when I…

Mark and I swore last winter that we wouldn’t spend the following winter in Paris. Winter in Paris is great…

We were all set to spend a couple of weeks in the south of France. It was going to be…

Before we were test driving towns to possibly move to, we weren’t venturing far from Paris. We were all about…

Vannes! Now here’s a town I can wholeheartedly recommend to you. (Or at least I can recommend it to us.…

Walking through Rennes, a perfectly fine town in Brittany that has been on my to-visit list for some time, I…

My sister sent me the classic George Carlin bit about STUFF. (Yes, all caps. We’re talking of the stuff that…

You know how there are some things that line up too well that convince you that not only is the…

After our last outing to Saint Quentin, I’ve been thinking about traveling and what makes a place sing to you.…