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Gabriella
I'm a twenty-something American with a caffeine addiction and chronic wanderlust. I have been living and working in France for the past seven years, teaching students the importance of the Oxford comma and negotiating licensing rights for the Albin Michel Group. I love books and travel more than I love anything else.
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Tag Archives: American
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| year (masculine noun) | /ɑ̃/ This was a year of radical change. Somewhere, something broke, and I offered the universe an ultimatum: Hear me, or I will go. How idiotic and narcissistic I was to believe the universe could … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, American, Europe, expat, expatriates, family, French, holidays, learning, literature, living abroad, loneliness, love, New Year's, parties, poetry, prose, relationships, travel, writing
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jamais
| never (adverb) | /ʒamɛ/ Coming home each summer is strange; it’s like re-entering a parallel reality to which I have no access during the other eleven months of the year. Once at home, I find myself trying to reintegrate … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Europe, expat, expatriates, family, France, friendship, home, insanity, learning, lessons learned, living abroad, normalcy, parties, relationships, summer, travel, United States
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château
| castle (masculine noun) | /ʃɑto/ One year ago I organized a solo trip through Eastern Europe. I had never travelled alone, but I was determined to finally overcome my fear of solo travel by plunging into a ten-day adventure … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged American, best friends, Bordeaux, depression, Europe, expat, expatriates, family, France, heartbreak, l'appel du vide, living abroad, Romania, sadness, Transylvania, travel
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deuil
| grief (masculine noun) | /dœj/ Given that I’m an American expatriate living in France, I feel that I must comment on the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. It’s expected, isn’t it? But what should I say? Nothing I write … Continue reading
Posted in Life in France
Tagged American, best friends, expat, expatriates, France, French, French cuisine, friendship, grief, joy, living abroad, Paris, terrorism, terrorist, trauma, travel, wine
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états-unis
| the United States (masculine plural noun) | /etazyni/ Since arriving in France, I could place all of my French friends, acquaintances, and mistakes on a spectrum. On the one end, you have your American fetishists who love American culture, American … Continue reading
Posted in Life in France
Tagged American, Americana, Bordeaux, culture shock, expat, family, France, French, friendship, identity, living abroad, travel, United States, wanderlust
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