Expat Life
Practical tips and real-life advice for adjusting to everyday life in France as an American expat — housing, language, culture, and staying connected to the U.S.
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Visiting and living in Paris on a budget: Tips and tricks on how to save money.
Sharing my favorite ways to make my money stretch while living and visiting Paris. Talking about public transportation, museums, restaurants, shopping and much more!
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The End of an Era: Carnet T+ is being phased out of RATP services
The RATP is moving their cardboard booklet of 10 tickets to a paperless version. Here's the timeline and everything you need to know in order to stay on top of this change.
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One Year Anniversary // My Year in Review
Happy one year anniversary being in France ! What a year ! Who knew a pandemic would hit and life would not be as I expected. Reflections on my first year in Paris as a freshly married woman.
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Send My Bag // Review
REVIEW // Send My Bag dot Com My review on the services of sendmybag.com. At the current moment, I have only used this service to receive boxes of personal belongings. This is a review of their services and the opinions…
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Five Things I’ve learned since moving to France as an American Expat.
Five things I've learned since moving to France. Or five things I found that helped after researching what my next steps would be after moving to France.
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Are you a Trusted Traveler?
Have you heard? Do you know what that is? If you plan on doing any sort of air travel in the future and on a more consistent basis, I’d look into the Trusted Traveler Program by the Department of Homeland…
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Food and the French: Part 3
France is what got me into food and food is what brought me back to France. I always seem to turn to the sanctuary that is my kitchen when I am feeling off. There is something about taking the time…
