culture
Living in France: Politics, Policies, and the View From My Apartment Window
Immigration and politics at home and abroad as an American immigrant in France.
Keith Christiansen
apero
French meals, snacks and food: apero
French Happy Hour snacks: social rules, charm, & good snacks
culture
Dial 15, Not 911
What a laundry soap allergy taught me about how France handles emergencies—and how I almost learned it the hard way.
Leaving the US
How can you afford to live there? - Lower Healthcare costs
We live in another country for less than it would be to just pay for our health insurance in the United States.
Newsletter
Healthcare in France: The French Pharmacie
Understanding some key differences can make things a bit less confusing.
france country living
House-sitting in the UK & France
How and why to stay in someone else's house
Table & Foraging
Where to Eat in France (Whenever They Decide to Feed You)
French Food Logic and a Field Guide to Eating in France
raclette
The seasonality of Cheese in France
There is an incredible amount of locality to French food production and something that seems a bit strange to me is the seasonality of cheese. I wasn’t so sure, but someone pointed out to me recently just how it was hard to locate mozzarella after tomato season. Yet here
Newsletter
Life in France: new language, new culture, new people
It takes a while...
Newsletter
The best way to rent cars in France: the supermarket
Navigating Car Rentals in France: A Practical Guide
Table & Foraging
You Can’t Just Walk In
French hospitality, missed signals, and what a reservation really means. RSVP, SVP
Leaving the US
Living in Other Peoples Houses
How house sitting helped us learn France one borrowed home at a time