There are lots of ways to take advantage of your resident expatriate status during the TAPIF
Tag: expat life
TAPIF Packing List
Packing for TAPIF (Teaching Assistant Program in France) is no easy task.
TAPIF Invasion: 10 Ways to Frappe the Ground Running
A few TAPIF tips to help you take care of business and make the most of this fleeting opportunity
Bicycling and Broiling in Burgundy
The heart and essence of France is not Paris, it’s the cultivated countryside.
The Restorative Properties of Fresh(er) Air
My personal outdoor-exercise drug of choice: mountains.
Indiana Jones and the Missing Apostille of Doom
French bureaucracy is all about jumping through hoops of seemingly arbitrary height and width.
It’s Complicated
Being an ocean away from so many of the people I love can be lonely and guilt-inducing, and I don’t know if I would have spent so much time here if it weren’t for Skype, Gmail, and Facebook, my tripartite magic portal.
What ze ‘ell? French Habits You Won’t Find on a List of Stereotypes
Many Americans have a mental image of “French Life” that runs somewhere along these lines: smoking at outdoor café tables, bicycling alongside a river with a baguette under an arm, wearing scarves and generally looking “chic,” drinking wine while discussing culture and art. And of course, all of this takes place with the Eiffel Tower as backdrop,…
Six-Day Wander: London, Again!
Every time I go to London, I love it more.
When shit goes down and you’re not there
For how long can I intelligently examine and criticize a place I’ve abandoned from the inherent safety and ignorance of distance?
Transient Local 