Paris Expats: What it Means to Live in France
Part 4 Paris Expats: What it Means to Live in France Photo Credit: Pierre Herman Living in France, for me as an expat, means the opportunity of a lifetime. It means growth, maturity and culture clash - but not in a negative way - rather an intertwining of cultures. It's
Hannah S.’s Full Interview
Part 4 Paris Expat Series: What it Means to Live in France Hannah S.'s Full Interview Austinite, casting associate, writer and book cover designer, Hannah S. has always been a francophile at heart. When she was 12 years old she took her first French language class. Her first trip to
Hope Curran’s Full Interview
Part 4 Paris Expat Series: What it Means to Live in France Hope Curran's Full Interview Hope is a student at La Sorbonne working on a Masters in Fine Arts who's originally from the Bay Area, California. She first visited Paris when she was 12 years old for a family
Claire’s Full Interview
Part 3 Paris Expats: How do Expats End Up Living in Paris? Claire's* Full Interview Claire's an actress and art and drama therapist/educator from Melbourne, Australia. She did a study exchange program in Montreal, Canada when she was 16, which sparked her love for living in a different city and
Eric Davis’ Full Interview
Part 3 Paris Expats: How do Expats End Up Living in Paris? Eric Davis' Full Interview Growing up in Louisiana where his interest in France began with his studies, Eric is an American architect now living in Paris. He first visited France on a trip to celebrate a friend’s birthday
Paris Expats: How do Expats Live in Paris?
Part 3 Paris Expats: How do Expats End Up Living in Paris? Photo Credit: Giuseppe Mondì So you want to live in Paris - but how do you go about doing that if you live elsewhere? In Part 3, I explore the different ways my expat friends have managed to
Paris Expats: Why Move to Paris?
Part 2 Paris Expats: Why Move to Paris? Photo Credit: Vitoria Beatriz Fetter If you could just pack up your bags today, would you move to Paris? Why have so many others done just that? People's general idea of Paris is that it's the City of Love, and oh
John Arndt’s Full Interview
Part 2 Paris Expats: Why Move to Paris? John Arndt's Full Interview John's a music producer/composer, originally from Marshfield Wisconsin, he grew up in this small town with dreams of going out into the larger world. He first visited Paris in the fall of 2019, on an invitation to
Jim Le’s Full Interview
Part 2 Paris Expats: Why Move to Paris? Jim Le’s Full Interview Jim is a production & event manager, originally from Phoenix, Arizona. He first visited Paris in 2004 on a summer trip before subsequently returning to France as a study abroad student in Aix-en-Provence, an English teacher in
Paris Expats: Americans in Paris
Part 1 Paris Expat Series: Americans in Paris What does it mean to be an American in Paris? To understand what it means to be an American in Paris, we should explore two things 1) the definition of what an expatriate (or expat for short) is exactly and 2) the motivation behind why