Once upon a time, before large supermarket chains took over most of the developed world, shopping at local markets was a standard feature of daily life. Nowadays, most French fill their shopping cart at Carrefour.
Browsing Category France – Summer 2017
Our summer 2017 trip to France.
Buying Bread is a Rite of Passage in France
“I asked for a… baguette au sésame. But they didn’t understand me at first, because I pronounced it as seSAmee instead of SAYsame.”
You Know You’re in France When…
No more “yellow cheese”, “orange cheese” or “string cheese”, an anarchist party, yoga at the castle and other French oddities.
The Final Countdown to the 2017 Trip to France
“Are we going to the airplane today?”
“Yes.”
“It is five o’clock yet?”
“NO! Mark, just go watch TV!”
Trip to France Status? “It’s Complicated”
It’s not just a trip, it’s an existential journey because I’m Feng’s wife, Mark’s mother, because I’m also a sister, a grand-daughter, a niece, and because deep down I’m still a little girl who wants to make her parents happy and proud.