(Some photos feature in this post, but you can access the full gallery here.) The school holidays began only three weeks after I started my role here as an English Language Assistant. Between doing prep work for classes and studying for my end of year exams, for my French classes…
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Beginnings in Normandie | The Weekly (-ish) Lookback
Well friends, I thought it was time for a bit of a chronological update, since I have been in my town in Normandie for over two weeks now. (Side note: Normandie is the French spelling, otherwise ‘Normandy’ in English generally.) I took the train from Paris and one of my…
Are the French Rude?
The titular question is not usually a question I get asked- rather it is a statement often said to me. I have heard it quite a number of times, in many ways, from many different sources. Some people dial it in and say “Parisians” instead, which is at least a…
Paris, Slowly | The Weekly Lookback
Well, my friends, a lot has happened since my last blog post. Time continues to feel like a lie. I have slept eight nights in Paris, but it feels like much longer. Starting at my layover in Doha, I have journaled 65 pages in the last nine days, not…
Pre-Departure & Hobbits
Every day, I wake up and see the countdown widget on my phone. And every day, I am shocked and betrayed. Time marches on, without any regard for my health and sanity. We have always held each other in contempt, Time and I. Time thinks I don’t pay him the…