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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: March 2016
désabusée
| disillusioned (feminine adjective) | /dezabyze/ I fear this country has turned me into someone I no longer recognize, someone I despise. I was once ebullient, but now I am forlorn. I look in the mirror and wonder, Was I always like … Continue reading
Posted in Life in France, Random
Tagged depression, expat, expatriates, France, heartbreak, homesickness, living abroad, Romania, sadness, travel, wanderlust, writing
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remercier
| to thank (verb) | /ʀ(ə)mɛʀsje/ France, I have always been able to adapt to new, sometimes frightening environments, even if I trembled on the precipice before finally gasping and taking that leap. Once a timid introvert, I have become … Continue reading
Posted in Life in France, Random, Travel
Tagged anticipation, Bordeaux, depression, Europe, expat, expatriates, France, goodbye, heartbreak, homesickness, l'appel du vide, living abroad, loneliness, sadness, solitude, travel
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