Category: Living Abroad

How to Use the Paris Metro

9/7/2018

Using the Paris Metro is easy, fast, and cheap, but it’s also in Paris and that means things don’t always work like you think they should. Let me help you out.

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Making Expat Friends is Like Polygamous Dating

7/1/2018

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I’m an introvert, and meeting people and making friends is not easy. When we moved to Paris, I knew I’d have to leave my comfort zone or my only friend would be Netflix. But I did it, and so can you.

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Sinfonietta Paris is a Paris chamber music organization that sponsors a series called Music by the Glass. It features intimate concerts in lovely concert halls and private homes throughout the city. The concerts last about one hour so you won’t be overwhelmed, and after the concert there are wine and snacks, included in the ticket price. You can meet the performers and mingle with the audience.

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Codependent No More! Your Move, Paris

3/10/2018

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I was so proud of myself. I had figured out how to live in Paris and be treated humanely, talking to the locals and getting pretty good customer service. French classes were going well. Clerks and waiters had begun addressing me in French instead of English, which means I no longer look like a tourist, and I blended in with the other Parisien ladies with my dark colors and my lofty RBF. I hadn’t been given the stink-eye in months. It took some work on my part, but Paris and I were getting along swimmingly.

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Paris in the Snow

2/17/2018

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When it snowed in Paris this February, everybody was shocked.

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My Fully Furnished Apartment

1/25/2018

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Our US furniture was unworthy of being shipped to Paris. I had to start over.

For the first time, I was able to shop slowly and chose things I liked instead of deciding which Ikea sofa went with our garage-sale end tables. I scoured flea markets and furniture stores. I consulted Parisians and expats. Our shipment of American household goods (books, pictures, one piano, one armchair, and one coffee table) arrived months after we got the apartment. Therefore, I didn’t feel truly at home for a long time. I still felt like we were in an Airbnb and somebody was going to tell us to get out. Now it’s just about finished, and feeling more like home.

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12 Days of Paris: Day 12

12/24/2017

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Notre Dame is without doubt one of my favorite cathedrals.

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12 Days of Paris: Day 11

12/23/2017

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There are three common types of people on the streets of Paris--shoppers, soldiers, and street people.

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12 Days of Paris: Day 10

12/22/2017

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Eastern Christians: 2000 Year of History. This exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris features art and artifacts from the Turkey to Iran and traces the history of the part of Christianity that we in the West tend to forget about.

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12 Days of Paris: Day 9

12/21/2017

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With days growing shorter, Christmas lights bring some welcome mid-winter cheer.

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