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French meals, snacks and food: apero
French Happy Hour snacks: social rules, charm, & good snacks
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A Visit to the Emergency Room in France
Dealing with Allergies Abroad: My Trip to the Emergency Room in France
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.
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Healthcare in France: The French Pharmacie
Understanding some key differences can make things a bit less confusing.
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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
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Life in France: new language, new culture, new people
It takes a while...
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The best way to rent cars in France: the supermarket
Navigating Car Rentals in France: A Practical Guide
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Bistro and Food Culture in France: the reservation
RSVP, SVP
Leaving the US
House Sitting is a whole other way to see France
Pet-Sitting Opened Doors to testing out French Life for us
Table & Foraging
Ketchup on Camembert
What a New York breakfast sandwich (BEKSPK) taught me about France, cheap cheese, and the meaning of “gourmand.”