La Fin. — by Sophie on

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So as I'm writing this it's been just over a week since I got back from the best year of my life.  I'm now sat back on my sofa ...

Exploring. — by Sophie on

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As the evenings get longer, I've started to spend more time exploring the hidden corners of Paris. Grand Mosquée de Paris

Jim's Dinners. — by Sophie on

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Every Sunday evening, a man called Jim Hayne's invites up to 80 people to his home in Alésia, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, arou...

Food en France — by Sophie on

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If there's one thing the French are known for, it's their love of food. You literally can't escape it, there are boulangeries a...

Wandering — by Sophie on

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After a somewhat stressful week at work, I've had a weekend of doing pretty much nothing at all. Saturday morning was spent in the gym f...

La Vie Française — by Sophie on

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For the first time in quite a while I'm having an evening where I'm genuinely doing absolutely nothing, so I've decided to wr...

La Rentrée — by Sophie on

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The beginning of September marks La Rentrée here in France, where everybody goes back to school and work and when the streets of Paris are...

Being Cultured — by Sophie on

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Last week I decided I was going to start saying yes, making sure I did something every day. Paris, like any capital city, is full of cultu...

Weekends in Paris — by Sophie on

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Over the past few weeks at work I have come to understand what it means to be "living for the weekend". Working a full time job...

Settling In — by Sophie on

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So I've been living in Paris for 10 whole days now and it seems a lifetime away that I was sat on the Eurostar coming over with maman! ...

Je suis arrivée! — by Sophie on

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So I have just spent my first 24 hours as a Parisienne! The journey from London on the Eurostar was fairly easy but the lack of escalators ...