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Stop. Before you open your mouth to put this struggling aspiring francophone out of their misery by offering to speak English: think about what you’re saying to that person. You’re saying: “You [...]

Hey everyone, here are some French words you don’t think of but are actually very necessary for piecing your sentences together and forming clear thoughts. Afin que: In order to A la place/Au [...]

Le printemps est arrivé à Paris, et c’est trop agréable. I know that I’m supposed to be blogging about my trip with Sara, and I am, it’s just taking a while and stressing me out, and when [...]

Pro: my French has improved so much! I don’t have to focus to understand what’s being said on TV. Con: my French has improved so much. I can no longer leave the TV on as nonsensical background noise.

Alright, folks. I’ve been here nearly 6 months now, and I’ve grown pretty accustomed to European life. Especially the French/Parisian way of living, and I’ve got a few things to say about all [...]

The longer I’m here, the less vocabulary I learn. At first being here was sort of like being a small child, everything was new, there was so much to learn and so much that I did not know. Here [...]

On a bright, beautiful sunny day in Paris, one of those days where the normalcy of metros and street vendors and flowers on the side of the road feels just a bit more extraordinary to me. [...]

Le Café des Chats on Le Marais was recommended to me by a friend who studied abroad in France last year, but didn’t find out about the café until after she was home. If you are a cat person like [...]

I love the carousels all over Paris. One of those things (like its short buildings,) that make the city really unique. I love tall buildings, too; like back home in Detroit, but I’ll probably be [...]

I need to remember to go alone to the area by the Notre Dame with all the vintage art and books being sold. I always feel like I could spend hours browsing each stand and no one ever seems quite [...]