Le Planning Familial
If you’ve moved to France and you haven’t yet signed up for your social security you’re going to have a hard go of being reimbursed for seeing the doctor. Before I left America I meant to...
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Editor’s Note: Expect Some Downtime
Posts may be moving or disappearing a bit. I’m doing some tweaks. Possibly a redesign… I haven’t decided. I hate html, and coding, and all of that techie stuff. This is why I could never...
Quick Tip: International Shipping
Most of the larger US stores deliver outside of the US, which is good news, but I haven’t tried shipping anything yet so I don’t know how much import tax is. Check back with me...
An Introduction to Quartier Latin, the Fifth Arrondissement of Paris
My introduction to Paris was living on Ile Saint Louis. It’s a quiet neighborhood smack dab in the center of Paris between the 4th and 5e. Things don’t really pop off until the weekends when...
Have I Not Reason to Lament?
You would think Turkish Airlines would have scarred me for life but apparently I don’t learn. I usually book airfare through the airlines directly, because I like to avoid hassle, but there was that one...
Quick Tip: Keeping Your American Number
I don’t know how other people feel about having two cell phones, but I decided to keep my American cell phone and have a French one too. French people get snippy when they find out...
Editor’s Note: Reflections on a Disaster
Yes, that’s me, the day before I left Paris, and that’s the device I use to type this little blog on. I won’t be adding to the blog. I’m not sure if it’s indefinite or...
Storing Your Stuff in Paris
I had to go back to America and I didn’t want take my luggage with me, especially since most of it is winter clothes, and if I get my wish I’ll be here again in...