It’s a new month and time for an epic update! Since the last post, we took a weeklong trip to Florence, Italy for a big week of exploration, relaxation, and a ton of pasta. So let’s start from the beginning. We took off from Paris on February 21st around noon and were in Italy by…
It’s February now. Time for a little update on life in Paris. On the surface, what could be better?A life abroad. A trip of a lifetime. An opportunity you don’t pass up. But when you dig a little deeper, life as an American in Paris has been difficult and isolating. And I say that as…
We are just back to Paris after a much-needed and very warm trip to Texas and slowly recovering from the long day of travel! So I figure it is a perfect time for a blog. We arrived on the 13th of December, in San Antonio at about 10 p.m. What a long travel day it…
Normany France As my dad was leaving France, we decided to take a week off and head to Normandy. See, in France, school goes for six weeks and then they have two weeks off, so it was the perfect time for us to leave the city. By that time, we had been in France for…
Just about two weeks ago, my dad came to visit — and that’s where our last blog left off. Now, as I type this, we’re in Normandy (again), enjoying the rainy weather and counting down the days until we head back to Texas. Right after the last blog, my dad and I went to the…
Another much overdue blog post! So we start off mid-September with a big visit from my Mom! She arrived on the 18th during the first of a few strikes here in France. She was able to get a private cab from the airport to our house without issue. The first few days were chill acclimation…
We’re coming up on three months in Paris, and life here is starting to find its groove. It’s a far cry from Houston! While we miss many things from back home, we’ve found plenty to enjoy here as well. Of course, there are still ups and downs—we miss family, friends, and even the small interactions…
So we pick up from our trip to Rouen. The last blog fired off right as we were leaving to catch the train, our first one as a family. The trip to Rouen was pretty uneventful and quite nice on the train. Rouen is an old historical city with a ton of churches, which you…
OK, it’s been about two weeks (now three since I “wrote” this a week ago, but never posted) since the last blog. Which means I’m long overdue after the move. A lot of the excitement faded, and some of the Paris life struggles reared their head. But overall I would say we are doing well,…
The big day of moving came quickly Thursday. The movers came at 8 a.m. sharp and were ready to get all 220 boxes upstairs to the 6th floor. We figured it would take the full two scheduled days and were in it for the long haul. To our excitement, they installed an elevator on the…
We finally made it. We have the keys, the apartment is painted, and somewhat clean… and we are officially here. Today we moved out of the Airbnb, and tomorrow the movers arrive bright and early. We’re excited — and slightly nervous — about the arrival of our stuff. Honestly, I have no idea how or…
Well, we’ve officially hit the 4-week mark in Paris, and things are looking up. For starters, we got the keys to our apartment—and it’s now fully painted! Just needs a final cleaning and we’ll be cleared to move in. What’s funny is we’re actually a little sad to leave the Airbnb. Not for the space…
Picking up from last Friday and kicking off our fourth week in France, this weekend was one for the books—we visited the happiest place on Earth: Disneyland Paris! And it did not disappoint. We left Saturday morning for a two-day stay at one of the Disney hotels to celebrate Hailey’s birthday weekend. From the moment…
We’re now on the eve of completing three weeks in France, and honestly, it still feels like we’re in limbo. Much like life in a big corporation, relocating to France comes with layers of red tape. What should be a fairly straightforward process somehow becomes incredibly convoluted. That said, I can’t entirely blame France—corporate relocations come…
Well, we made it another week here in Paris, and it feels both incredibly fast and slow at the same time. Overall, I’d say things are settling in, but there’s still an underlying feeling of being unsettled/homeless. We’re still waiting on the official move-in date to our apartment, but it should be sooner rather than…
