“Oooohh!” My colleagues Roberto and Lucy are looking at something on the internet. Not too difficult to guess what it is. I jump out of my seat and join them. […] Read more »
“You really look like a tourist”, my cousin giggles. She would say that. Standing behind the counter of her little pastry shop in the heart of Cannes, France, she is […] Read more »
I have discovered the truth about French rudeness. It happened one evening, as my English boyfriend and I were selecting our dinner from a very extensive menu of wraps in […] Read more »
I’ve been lying to you. It’s the conclusion I came to a few days ago, as I was sitting, wide-eyed and embarrassed, at my work monitor. I had just failed […] Read more »
I had an idea for this blog post. I thought it was a good one, too. In a series of interviews, I would compare three similar food products, each representative […] Read more »
Julie doesn’t know. A French expatriate, Julie oversees the French literature section of the biggest independent bookstore in London. I work there as well, albeit in another department. We see […] Read more »
“I quite like scones.” Yulhee has her nose in a menu, and her eyes are shining with anticipation. We are sitting in a restaurant in Kensington Gardens, ordering afternoon tea […] Read more »
There are tricks for a foreigner to sound like a native speaker. You may take English classes and even earn a tefl certification online. Two important ones I learned while […] Read more »
“Don’t you do that in France?” I thought I was done with this question. I thought I was done with being just French. After all, my year as an EF […] Read more »
