Hitting The Shops. — by Sophie on

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I always find shopping in Paris is slighty different to back home...

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...

Les Ponts de Mai — by Sophie on

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France has this wonderful thing where if a bank holiday falls on a Thursday, you'll often get given the Friday off to make a "po...

Temps Libre. — by Sophie on

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When I first arrived in Paris, I was updating my blog weekly. Unfortunately, with my dissertation deadline looming, I've struggled to ...

Rendez-Vous Chez Le Médecin — by Sophie on

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If there's one thing that the French are completely and utterly obsessed with, it's their health. I can probably count on one hand h...

The City of Love — by Sophie on

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Paris is a city for lovers. There's no two ways about it, it's officially the most romantic city. Ever. Stepping off the Eurostar 8 ...

Going Underground — by Sophie on

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On Friday night as I walked off my Eurostar train and onto the Northern Line at King's Cross, I realised just how different the Métro s...

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...

Christmas in Paris — by Sophie on

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Although I'm actually sat on my sofa writing this back in the UK, I felt like I needed to put up a blog post about the run up to Christ...

Quelle Semaine! — by Sophie on

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I know I haven't posted in a while, but the past couple of weekends I've been back in the UK.  The past couple of weeks have been ...

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...

Vivre Libre ou Mourir — by Sophie on

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As I come to the end of my fourteenth week in Paris, I've come to the conclusion that I am still crazily in love with the city despite ...

The First Quarter — by Sophie on

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As of yesterday, I have now been living in Paris for three whole months, which is just crazy, especially because of the fact that I started...

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...

How to Start a New Life in Paris — by Sophie on

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A slightly different post this week, as I know a lot of people are starting their year abroad in the next few weeks and considering I start...

A Weekend in Champagne — by Sophie on

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On Saturday morning I hopped on a train at Gare de Paris-Est headed towards Reims in the Champagne-Ardenne region, as one of my besties, Meg...