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Chili Con Carne and Sharing Your Faith

Each Friday afternoon here at our language school we have sessions on special topics pertaining to the French language, culture, church, etc. The past two weeks we attended a session …

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French Labor Day and Tidbits

Today is Labor Day (or May Day) here in France. The French gentlemen commemorate the day by buying small spring flowers for their special lady. When in France, do as …

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Say What?

A big part of our language learning is vocabulary. If you don’t know vocabulary, you can’t speak. So needless to say, we spend a great deal of time just trying to …

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Christmas in Paris

Mattie and I just finished our second session of French classes here in Massy, so we decided to have a little celebration. We took a trip up to Paris to …

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Thanksgiving in Paris

Le Jour de l’Action de Grâce…or in English, Thanksgiving Day! We wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Mattie and I will celebrate the day in class (but we’ll be …

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Life in Massy

“What’s it like living in Paris?” This might be one of the most frequent questions we have been asked since moving to France for language study. And to put it simply, different yet much the same. Hopefully this post sheds …

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