Paris is always worth it but I was unmoored in Paris teaching English to bankers and insurance clerks.
Paris Is Always Worth It - Or, how a novelist might build a life in the City of Light is Part 1 of a (Brief) Parisian Autobiography by Samuél Lopez Barrantes
Le Tignet: I vividly remember the first morning, the “coooo coooo co” of the tourterelles (turtledoves) to begin the day. Excitedly opening the wooden shutters, the first light revealed a magnificent sky, a canvas streaked with deep orange, yellow, and red feathery wisps behind the clouds.
Moving to France: This trip was going to be interesting, a holiday & maybe a new life. It's been two years of work and living a familiar routine, the beach, beautiful home. Idyllic really but to grow you need to expand your horizons...
Moving to France from Australia in your late forties, with your family, is not simple, let alone the prospect of becoming the custodians of an 18th-century bastide, the former summer home of a famous French writer.
My love affair with France continues to develop: I now have a home there where I spend as much time as possible.
Grenoble: Living and writing in the French Alps - New to Grenoble - Moving to a new country - New as a Contributor to MyFrenchLife Magazine.
French Family Connections: Can family photos make French connections across generations? Mine do.... A story of my family and France.
Favorite places and advice: Opening a bank account or finding a place to rent are the two hardest things to do here these days. I guess my piece of advice would be this...
Artist Colony: My friends are artists—he paints, she dances—themselves, and they want to create a place for artist retreats and residencies.
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