You’ve just wandered into the Breath of French Air blog — bienvenue!
Expect baguettes, beautiful light, and the occasional plot twist courtesy of French bureaucracy.
Setting Up House in Cognac (and trying not to panic)
Getting our new house ready for my family was thrilling—and completely overwhelming. As I frantically prepared everything for our January arrival, I kept wondering: will I get it all done? Will it be ready?
Finding Home Sweet Home
Finding the “perfect” place to live in a foreign country is challenging, exciting, terrifying, fun, adventurous, and did I mention terrifying? Come along on our journey…
Part 2: My love for France continues
Our fun adventure in France was over, and now it’s time to get back to being a responsible adult - in a country where I was a citizen AND spoke the language. But the love of France never completely went away…
Falling in love with France (Part 1)
My first memories of Paris were…people riding bikes with baguettes in their baskets, the markets with old French men selling roasted chickens, the awe-inspiring architecture everywhere we turned. And my god, the food!