Driving into Montreal (where I have recently moved) I was using, as I generally do when driving, Google Maps. Once you enter Quebec, naturally, many of the street names are in French. Instead of stating the names with French pronunciation, Google Maps opts to go...
Since early this year my partner and I have kept a list where we add a new French word that we learn each day, along with its English translation. Most of my entries come from reading news articles. Which means that a significant proportion of...
I remember being in a high school class in France (I was on a Rotary Club exchange) and the teacher making an effort to use my knowledge of America to support a point she was making about the American economy - so she asked me...
I have been living in Paris for 3 weeks, as of tomorrow, and finally figured out the phone situation. Prior to "figuring out" the phone situation, I had just been using my T-Mobile sim, which allows unlimited data (though effectively limited by the fact that...