Canicule 2026
Canicule. The first time I heard the word, I honestly had no idea what it meant. I pictured some French ceremony. White smoke rising from the Eiffel Tower. A new French leader being crowned. Maybe the term for summer holiday…
Curious by Nature
Hunter Holtshopple - Family. Fatherhood. Engineer. Marketer. Photographer. Perpetually Curious.
Curious by Nature
Hunter Holtshopple - Family. Fatherhood. Engineer. Marketer. Photographer. Perpetually Curious.
Category Paris!
France Chapter 2
Spring somehow turned into a blur. The last few months have felt like a full-speed sprint between work, travel, family visits, moving apartments, and trying to keep life moving forward in between. Right after the last update in March, Hailey’s…
Ti amiamo Italia!
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.…
It’s February, and tres cold!
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…
A New Year!
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…
A Trip to Remember!
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…
Indiana Jones and the Parisian Walking Tours
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…
A little bit of home in Paris
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…
An American Weekend
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…
Summer is over!
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…