Expat life in France

How to have a cheek-kissing orgy? Move to France, invite the neighbors. But be warned: hugging is taboo.

Don’t you love taking risks? It makes life so exciting and interesting! Okay, I’m not talking about the risks of the life-and-death variety, but the small ones that might land…

Dear reader, by now you must know I am a sucker for funky foreign stuff, and living in France, I have the fabulous opportunity to visit the twice-yearly antique market…

The narrow streets are flooded with tourist groups, washed ashore by the mighty river Rhône swollen with cruise boats. We are in Arles, the South of France. My prince and…

Serial expats are not always charmed by yet another new country and another new culture. Much is written about the strains and stresses of the expat life, so I will…