My latest move took me to the south of France where I was living and studying French in Aix-en-Provence. On my last weekend I took some time out to enjoy the Mediterranean life on the coast of Nice. I joined a small food tour with Viator which took us through Vieux Nice to seek out provençal specialities. I have partnered with Viator a few […]
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Luxury Hostel Villa Saint Exupéry in Nice, France
When I started traveling 7 years ago hostels got a bad rap. Dirty, sketchy, and a haven for drunk partiers. All while being crammed in a 10-person mixed dorm. But hostels have come along way since then and there are so many more options now. In Madrid, I stayed in a luxury hostel that was […]
Eating Like a Local in Nice
I’m not fond of touristy cities especially when they come with an expensive price tag. Like Rome, I was turned off by Nice for a few years as I couldn’t find the local side of this city. Especially when it came to food. Even when I returned last fall I met Anna, a 24-year-old girl […]
How to Learn French (or Any Language) in Less than 3 Months
Did you know there are over 7,000 languages in the world? I don’t think I have the brain capacity to learn all of them but when I decided to move to France I had a goal to be fluent in French. I knew the basics from what I learned in grade 4 until high school […]
Studying French in Aix-en-Provence
Last month I shared the reasons why I decided to live France. I started in Normandy in the small city of Rouen where I spent a month-long experience to be fluent in French. It’s a beautiful medieval city with old half-timber houses and gothic architecture that takes you back hundreds of years in time but weather in October gets chilly in the […]
Things We Could Learn from the French
During my time living and studying in France I got to learn a side of French life that I wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to if I were merely passing through. It made me reflect on our own practises at home and the norms I’m used to living in North America. Here are a few things I picked up about living […]