An american girl in Paris

Since I got my Kindle, I have read in a month what I would normally read in a year! Very good investment if you ask me. I've been following Vicky's blog for a long time, found by chance when I was looking for inspiration to start my own. So of course, I had to read her books (yes, because she already wrote two!) Vicky is an American thirty-something from St Louis (In Missouri, not in Louisiana...

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Writing in a foreign language

  A lot of questioning in this post... Before I started this blog I asked myself for a long time whether I should write it in French or English.  I spent months thinking about it, trying to find other blogs or websites written by French people in English and couldn't find any (Of...

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Hot n' cold

You truly underestimate the importance of hot water until you don't have any.   Since we bought our apartment 8 years ago, we had problems with the boiler. OK, maybe not the first couple of years, but soon enough we realised there was an issue.  First, we couldn't get very hot water...

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My idea of hell

That's it, Halloween is just around the corner and I'm actually surprised Christmas hasn't hijacked the run-up to that ancestral tradition this year. But you know what? I actually don't celebrate Halloween. I can already see the eye-rolling, jaw-dropping and all sorts of funny faces you're...

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My thoughts on "French Leave" by Liz Ryan

  source: Facebook I finally finished Liz Ryan's memoir "French Leave" and I have to say, it was hard to put the book (well, the Kindle) down every night as I always wanted to know what was going to happen! Liz is just my opposite. She left Ireland around the same time I arrived here....

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Liebster award

I vaguely heard about the Liebster award before, but didn't really know what is what about. I've been following Danica's blog for a while so I was thrilled when she nominated me for the award.  The rule is that I have to answer the questions I've been assigned so you can get to know me a...

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The Blog Awards Ireland

On Saturday, Fabrice and I attended the Blog Awards Ireland ceremony in Clane. I was very excited about the whole thing but anxious at the same time because I didn't know anybody. Thankfully, I had my husband (a.k.a my PR executive) to keep me company and introduce me to people he didn't know either(...

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7 things I thought I would never do in Ireland (but did anyway!)

When I moved over, although I didn't really know what to expect, I had a pretty clear idea of what I didn't want to do or try. Then there were things I thought I would never be able to manage because I was too afraid. 1- Enjoy a good Irish breakfast If you told me that one day I would eat sausages, beans and black pudding for breakfast, I would have laughed at you. Croissants, baguette, jam...

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