Category: Living in France
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Gabriel’s First Day of School
Gabriel woke up happily, anticipating his first day at school. Giggly with excitement, he went through his morning routine without a hiccup. Checked the boxes with ease: Breakfast, Brushed teeth, Got dressed… The day before, he…
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One of My First Blog Post from 2005
Our street was narrow, unpaved, and fenced by two large stone walls. This was before the jolies maisons sprang up like mushrooms surrounding us, eating up the vineyards and olive trees. This was before our town became a bedroom community for Marseille. This…
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Husbands Who Say Yes
A group of us talked about our husbands and how they sometimes don't seem to listen; instead, they say yes to whatever we are saying and later say, "What? I didn't agree to that?!" We were sharing tales and…
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My French Village
Before living in this French village, we lived in Marseilles; before that, we lived in Paris. Our village isn't touristic; it is over 1200 years old. For the thirty-four years, I have lived in France, this…
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Dining Conversation
When you visit Provence, we will taste our way through the countryside. We will do breakfast at a cafe, lunch at a bistro, tea at a salon du the, an aperitif at a bar, dinner at a typical French…
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11 Years and We Picked up Within Seconds
text by my friend Linda Marcov “ Sometimes things are just made to happen. Our friends Corey Amaro and Yann Rolland-Benis were attending an antique fair in a village about an hour and a half away from us.…