Expat life in France

Living abroad I’m enthralled by the fun of small stuff, the funky details, the touching scenes and happenings you find in foreign climes.

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…