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Gabriella
I'm a twenty-something insomniac with a caffeine addiction and chronic wanderlust. I recently graduated with my M.A. in French, and I've spent the past two years living and working as an English teacher in France. I now work as an English professor at a university in Lille, where my students are learning to never omit the Oxford comma.
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Monthly Archives: October 2014
pain
| bread (masculine noun) | /pɛ̃/ This morning, I went grocery shopping for the first time. As most of you know, I’m a vegetarian in the States. For this reason, I really wanted to have my own place in France, instead … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, cooking, Europe, France, French cuisine, herbivore, living abroad, vegetarianism, wine
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voyager
| to travel (verb) | /vwajaʒe/ Again, I apologize for the very long, unintentional hiatus. I’ve been traveling for the past two weeks during the Toussaint holiday. How can I describe the things I saw? I can’t. The things–tangible and abstract–that … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Amsterdam, beer, Belgium, best friends, expatriates, France, friendship, living abroad, Paris, travel
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étrangère
| foreigner (feminine noun) | /etʀɑ̃ʒɛʀ/ I apologize for the unexpected hiatus. The housing search has been nothing short of a nightmare, and it occurred to me that I’m probably experiencing the same hardships my grandfather did when he arrived on … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Initial Impressions
Tagged America, Americana, apartments, Bordeaux, Ellis Island, Europe, expatriates, France, French, sadness, xenophobia
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