Many people wish to live the French dream, but what’s the reality of moving to France? I’m about to bust a few myths about France and those stereotypes we always think of. I often get asked, “What is it like living in France? Do you speak fluent French? Are the French lazy and rude? Do…
I moved to rural Charente in 2016 with high school French, Google Translate, and the kind of optimism that only survives the first trip to the prefecture. I was 44 then, and I’m nearly 55 now. My French is functional, sometimes better than functional, and I still get caught out by the subjunctive on a…
I’ve lived in rural Charente since 2016, and one of the many pleasures of that decade has been watching French films and recognizing the shape of my own life on screen. None of which looks anything like a Hollywood movie, I’ll hasten to add. I’ve taken to watching French films as a way to help…
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