Hello all! I am back to you now after my stressful few weeks with an update and perhaps the real rest of the story. Since the crazy seemingly-mafia situation of last week things have turned out well thus far. I am in my new apartment, my landlord is nice. Shew. Now for more detail: My … Continue reading
I continue with my recent French Frustrations… Frustration number 2 (also refereed to as, the second reason I cried this week): Since I moved, it was time to go meet with my old landlords, pick up some mail and get my deposit back. I left work early and took the bus to their place (not … Continue reading
It’s been a while since I really talked about any frustration living in France. I think in part because I started to settle in and loved my little apartment (though not the commute), I had the great support of my BF and I was making friends here and overall Marseille, France was beginning to feel … Continue reading
I liked the format of another blog I saw … what my year brought me, a month-by-month summary: 2013 janvier: got a great new years  gift of strep throat and made my first visit to the french doctor fevrier: welcomed my awesome friend (and former Penn State roomie) Hayley. We traveled all over France (Paris, … Continue reading
I was lucky enough to have my big sister come visit me in France for 9 days a few weeks ago and WOW did we do a lot! Hence the title of this post! At the end of this vacation we were both ready for a good long nap đ I will mostly post pictures, … Continue reading
Hello all ! I have a few updates that are of interest: 1) I got my RDV at the prefecture for November 7, 2013 at 9a. I have no idea what to expect but I mostly hope that I can legally leave and re-enter France in December without too many problems ! I expect to … Continue reading
I am filling out my dossier for the renouvellement of my carte de sĂ©jour and it got me to thinkin’ … what does France do with all of those photos?!? I am giving the 4 MORE photos. I get that they’ll put one on my new rĂ©cĂ©pissĂ© and whatnot but now that the carte de … Continue reading
So. I had a fantastically wonderful rested weekend. I tried to remember what I did. I think it mostly involved sleeping and eating. Nothing wrong with that, right? I ran a lot last week so I spent the weekend resting my ailing hamstring. Last night I took a car share through covoiturage.fr to Antibes with … Continue reading
I had quite the eventful weekend! I took the train on Friday afternoon after a great lunch at: L’Ă©comotive cafĂ©, at the foot of the steps that lead to Gare St. Charles in Marseille sits a sweet little cafe association. I didn’t know what this meant really but overall you can pay to become a … Continue reading
I would like to begin a new segment I will call Marseillaise Minute. During these posts I will give my suggestions of awesome things to do, see, eat and experience in Marseille. I am sure there are many other places on the web where you can find this info but hey, why not offer up … Continue reading
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