Category: Living in France
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Another Day
…still here, more or less in the same place. I had no idea that a lung infection could take this long. Little by little, I am feeling better but not 100% myself. Have any of you experienced this before? From…
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What Makes a Person French?
What makes a person French? What makes a person an American? Is it because of birth in that country? I was born in the USA and lived there for 29 years. I have now lived in France for 35 years.…
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The French Dining Thing
During the French la Vie retreats, we do more than just go to brocantes… Not only do we fill our suitcases, boxes, and whatever else we can stuff antiques into, we dine, oh boy, do we dine! France has an…
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Mona Lisa’s Lessons
Photos and Text by: Corey Amaro The Louvre has a painting that attracts the world, it is a show stopper, it is. The small painting is of a woman, it hangs alone on an enormous wall. Directly across from it…
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Oz in Provence
Down the road where I live there are fields upon little fields of poppies. Not California golden poppies, but red poppies. Poppies are spontaneous. Their colorful petals spread out like a picnic blanket over the fields. One can guess…
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Menu Translations
Translated menus in French to English are always a favorite. Certainly, they remind me of how my French must sound when I speak. I am going to start collecting favorite translations I should have started years ago when translation apps…