Immerse yourself in insider stories & interviews – pick up valuable tips & advice on mastering the French language and living the French dream wherever you live…
WWII Female Agents Behind Enemy Lines – Part 1
Violette Szabo and other female agents were sent to France by F Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII. F Section (French Section), part of SOE, set up as a clandestine organization “to set Europe ablaze”, as Winston Churchill once said.
Moving to France: a 5 suitcase adventure just two years ago
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...
Great Women of France: 19th and 20th centuries – Part 3
Great Women of France: 20th century. Read about - Marie Curie, Simone de Beauvoir, Nadia Boulanger, Coco Chanel, Simone Veil
Moving to France: Lifelong Dreams & First Glimpses – Introducing La Ravanelle
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.
Great Women of France: 18th and 19th centuries – Part 2
The 'salons' of 17th and 18th century France are sometimes called “the cradle of the French Revolution.” Salons were discussions among a group of carefully selected nobles and intellectuals, typically organized by women called salonnières.
Anthony ‘Tony’ Jackovich: Orphan, Fighter, Sailor, Actor, Designer, and Painter
Mark introduces us to Tony Jackovich with this very interesting story of their meeting and of Tony's life.
My Love Affair with France: Traci Parent
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
Grenoble: Living and writing in the French Alps - New to Grenoble - Moving to a new country - New as a Contributor to MyFrenchLife Magazine.
Great Women of France: 16th century & before – Part 1
Great Women of France, who are they? Who have played important roles in the history of la belle France? There's the woman who was not French but American, and the other who may never have been to France at all! Fun!
Parlez-vous Français? What is working for me…
Parlez-vous francaIs? After two years of French... when in Paris, I wasn’t confident. So, I decided to become competent in conversational French.