Roiling social debates, pettifogging politics, surging unemployment and a grim outlook on…. well, everything. Ask the French how they are doing and one of the points above may factor squarely into their response. “La crise”, as locals generally refer to the global economic crisis, still looms large and at times has the power to cloak the uplifting things around us.
Carin Olsson, a recent transplant from Sweden, offers a daily reminder of the talent and beauty right on our doorstep through her blog Paris in Four Months. Though she’s well aware of the gloomier side to life in Paris, she chooses to focus on its assets – food, culture and architecture – and in doing so, makes longtime residents fall in love with their home city all over again. Having left family and friends behind to pursue the proverbial French life at such a young age, as I did, she shares a bit of what she’s learned so far and what she loves most about her adopted home.
Describe what you love about France in three words.
Picture-perfect, pastries and ”joie de vivre”.
Something you’ve discovered about yourself by living here?
That I have absolutely no self control whatsoever!. There are so…
