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August 13, 2025
A Magnificent Morning in the 16th Arrondissement in Paris: Where I dined, walked and what I toured
To be a visitor of a beloved city, such as Paris, and try to experience it like a local is a near impossible feat. Aside from the fact that my French needs years of immersion, to understand what it feels like, how a day unfolds, the opportunities that rest in plain day but go only […]
Les Yeux de Mona (Mona’s Eyes), a novel translated from French – Petit Plaisir #408
A ten-year old girl, Mona, and her dearly loved grandfather, nicknamed Dadé, together in Paris, each Wednesday after school, the duo head to one of three museums in Paris to see, study and discuss only one painting or piece of art each visit for an entire year. They begin at the Louvre, viewing Raphael, Gérard, […]
August 12, 2025
408: How 3-Years of French Language Classes Elevated My Experience While Visiting France
Des vacances plus merveilleuses en France sont possibles quand on parle français ! The journey of learning anything new, putting in the hours, the practice, and progressing in a controlled environment eventually must make its way into the real-world to ensure any confidence we have gained is sound. Over the past three years, as many […]
13 Ideas to Do in Paris (Enjoy, Eat, Sleep & Shop)
The Grand Foyer at Le Grand Palais welcomes us to a new post full of ideas and inspiration of where to go, what to do and where to sleep well and in a bit of luxury when we arrive in Paris – pourquoi pas ! As I was organizing my posting schedule for this week, […]
The 2nd Giveaway: Sisley Nutritive Lip Balm – 2 winners
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August 11, 2025
Take a Tour of the Louvre Couture Exhibit: Join TSLL in photos and videos of this special exhibit
For the first time in its history, and it sounds odd to even write this, le Musée de Louvre had a fashion exhibit. Louvre Couture opened up to the public on January 24th with a grand Met Gala-like red carpet event during the first week of March. On display until August 24th, find 99 pieces […]
Walking on the Côte de Granit Rose in Perros-Guirec
En Bretagne, il ne pleut pas. C’est le soleil qui transpire.(In Brittany, it doesn’t rain. It’s the sun that sweats.” Finding home away from home. For some of us, we fortuitously find it early in life, for others, it takes seeing and living in oodles of places that just don’t feel quite right for us […]
Why I Love Driving in France + Discover Cars is my go-to for my Rental Car
To drive in France is to be reminded how peaceful driving can be. While I always take a train to take me out of Paris, arriving in a destination of the region I will be staying, during my visits in 2018 and my current visit, as I stayed for multiple weeks previously and one week […]
August 10, 2025
Visiting Foire de Chatou: Antiquités, Brocante & Galerie d’Art in March (and how to take the train from Paris, photos included!)
A treasure hunter’s paradise. Foire de Chatou, a semi-annual event that takes place in early March and late September stretching into October, one full week every six months, is an event to plan your trip to Paris, or anywhere in France, for that matter, around. I must confess, it was by happenstance that my trip […]
The 1st Giveaway! Angelina’s Chocolat Chaud — 3 winners
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