“Signs of Becoming French” (from FUSAC)
Hitchhiking … showing approval … or showing the number “one”? I don’t reblog very often, but sometimes you come across something that’s just too good not to share. While it’s not really a “blog,” FUSAC...
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Every August 15, a big anniversary rolls around. August 15, 2010 was the day I left the US with big dreams, 130 pounds of luggage, and a one-way ticket to Charles de Gaulle. The days leading up to the...
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Just before the end of last year, I wrote what was supposed to be “the last chapter” of je parle américain as you know it, because I planned to transform the blog into something entirely new. As it...
View ArticleA Bitter-sweet Exile
A friend recently posted an article on Facebook about former Manhattanites living in my former hometown of Washington, D.C. Manhattanites exiled to Washington search for fellow sufferers is a humorous...
View ArticleFeeling insulted, bad burgers, and good ice cream: a Parisian Fourth of July
You might have been wondering what became of me after my first Fourth of July in Paris since 1989, since I didn’t post anything the next day. I promise I wasn’t hungover, but I was sick. Somehow I came...
View ArticleTo Be Born Somewhere
Photo: © 2011 Michel Denis Pouradier, all rights reserved Following on my blog post yesterday about my visit to the prefecture in Bobigny, I wanted to share a slideshow of photos taken during that...
View Article“The Pain of the Country”
Tomorrow is September 11, but this blogpost won’t focus on the tragedy of that day 10 years ago that will forever mark me and those who witnessed or were personally touched by the events and their...
View ArticleEvery Beginning is Only a Sequel
That’s what 130 pounds of luggage looks like. © 2012 Samuel Michael Bell, all rights reserved Two years ago today, I left the United States with 130 pounds of stuff packed into 3 bags and a one-way...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Things I’ve Learned While Living in France
A few days ago, I wrote about the second anniversary of my departure for France. I described how my life had changed as a result — about what I had left behind and what I had discovered here. Since...
View ArticleWe Are the World
Lire en français. Yesterday morning, I woke up early, got myself ready, and went off to my last French class ever. It was the culmination of five semesters of studying French — as Moses once put it —...
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