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24 Nov at 9 AM

America to France - Expat Interview With Rebecca Brown

You’d have to be crazy to quit a great job in San Francisco and leave all your friends to go burn through your savings, and live in a foreign country where you don’t know a single soul, right? That’s exactly what Rebecca Brown did after a death in her family. Read about her adventures here, at the aptly title Parlez Vous Loco Dot Com...
22 Nov at 11 AM

Expat Interview With Naomi - Reading to Paris

Four years ago Naomi hopped on a Eurostar and arrived in Paris without an apartment or a job or any kind of concrete plan other than: speak French, drink wine, be happy. Her Parisian life has taken her from a 7th floor garret in the 1st arrondissement to the quieter streets of the 15th and finally to the Canal banks of the North-East. Along...
20 Nov at 11 AM

Expat Interview With Liz - Portland to Paris

When Liz Cohen’s first child was 8 weeks old, her husband came home and said, “How do you feel about moving to Paris?” Her response was, “I haven’t even figured out how to take a shower yet – how can we move to a foreign country?” Fortunately, they went ahead and moved anyway. Determined to have an expat experience separate...
19 Nov at 1 PM

US Expat Living In France - Interview With Ella Coquine

Lisa (aka Ella Coquine) moves to Paris alone, falls in love, restarts her life…and then gets dumped! Ella Coquine and her Tales from the Chambre de Bonne (see listing here) follow the journey of an Italian-New Yorker who has dated her way through Paris, and is finally making it her home. Once an anonymous blog created by author Lisa...
17 Nov at 11 AM

Australia to France - Expat Interview With Rosemary

Rosemary Kneipp knew from a very early age that she wanted to live in Europe. She learnt French at school and her university studies were aimed at achieving fluency in the language and getting a job in France. She has never regretted her choice and although she enjoys visiting Australia, France corresponds to her mindset in every way. Both...
14 Nov at 9 AM

Canadian Expat In Paris - Interview With Megan

Megan McGuire ran off to Paris 4 years ago, and can't remember how life was before. Originally from Canada, she decided that she'd stay for a year, but when given the opportunity to stay longer, she couldn't turn it down. Through her blog, she chronicles her life in pictures. She is a terrible photographer (EDITOR: Her words not ours!) Megan...
13 Nov at 1 PM

Australian Expat Living In Bordeaux - Interview With Mike

In August 2004 Mike Foster left his home town of Sydney, Australia to begin a trip throughout Asia that was to last 8 months and which took him through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and India. After completing his 6 month tour of duty in India, it was time to head to the UK where he had a working visa. Mike lived in London for 2 years, doing...
9 Nov at 9 AM

Australian Expat In Loire Valley - Interview With Susan

Susan Walter left Australia to pursue an interest in costume design in England, and ended up an entomologist in France. To find out how this could have happened you need to read her blog Days on the Claise, a daily snapshot of modern life, local history and ecology in the Loire Valley. Susan has an expat blog called Days on the Claise (see...
29 Oct at 2 PM

Expat Interview With Diane - American Expat In France

Diane a dog lover, fitness enthusiast, world traveler and Francophile! She's also a newlywed living in France with her husband, Tom, and gorgeous Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Dagny. Although Dagny was the inspiration for her blog 'Oui In France' (see listing here) because she’s such a huge part of her life, you’ll find a little bit of...
29 Oct at 11 AM

US Expat In Nice - Expat Interview With Katie

Katie Beck is a journalist, blogger and travel writer who moved from Washington, DC to Nice, France a little over a year ago. After nearly 8 years as a TV news producer in Washington, she decided enough was enough and climbed on board a flight to the south of France. She was inspired to move in order to pursue a career in travel writing, and...
29 Oct at 9 AM

American Expat In Paris - Expat Interview With Jenna

Jenna-Marie Warnecke grew up in Arizona, worked as a video editor in New York for 7 years, then quit and ran away to Paris in January to be a writer. She contributes to several sites online and writes fiction into the late hours of night. She enjoys the simple pleasures in life, and finding cheap ways to enjoy the city, which she shares on...
24 Oct at 1 PM

Expat Interview With Lindsey - Philadelphian Expat In Paris

Lindsey Tramuta is the author and photographer of the award-winning blog Lost In Cheeseland (see listing here) where she covers life as an expat through food and travel stories, personal anecdotes and interviews with inspiring Francophiles. A Philadelphia native, she studied in France at both an undergraduate and graduate love, fell in love...
10 Oct at 9 AM

Expat Interview With Wendy Hollands - Australian Expat In France

Wendy Hollands said she'd be back in Australia in a year's time. Twelve years later, she's still telling family and friends she'll be back one day, but there are too many places she has yet to explore in the French Alps. After two years of the excesses of living in London followed by a winter in Méribel, she lived in Cambridge during...
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