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Website: http://www.ielanguages.com
Jennie has written 661 articles so far, you can find them below.
Les Soldes
The semi-annual sales are taking place right now in France. The government allows stores to have sales twice a year, once in January and once in July. I didn’t feel like shopping much in January when I had the worst flu of my life, so I decided to take advantage of the second round of [...]
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I went to the optician this morning to choose my frames (ma monture). I’m getting new glasses and new contacts for a year, for a grand total of 130 €. I could have even gotten a second pair of glasses (prescription sunglasses, for example) for only 14 €, but I don’t need them. Go Mutuelle [...]
Full Story »La Fête de la Musique
The first day of summer is celebrated by la fête de la musique everywhere in France. Big cities have huge outdoor celebrations for all sorts of music. The one in Paris is televised, of course. Since I live in a suburb of Annecy, the local fête here was rather small – it was actually nothing [...]
Full Story »Success
David received an attestation from Alliance Française today. He passed the tests to do the formation to become certified to teach French as a Foreign Language. He should receive the first of six modules next month, which I will also be reading through and studying because I’m a nerd: 1. Linguistique appliquée à l’enseignement du [...]
Full Story »Ophtalmologiste
I’ve been to the doctor three times already in France (four if you count the visite medicale required for the carte de séjour), but today was my first appointment at an eye doctor. Not only did I finally learn the difference between an ophthalmologist and an optician – I always just say eye doctor in [...]
Full Story »Oh la France.
Getting a job in France is very hard, even for the French. Jobs here are based on your diplomas or degrees, not experience, which forces young people to go to university for years in order to obtain jobs that 16 year-olds do in the US. Every job is a contract; CDI if it’s long-term (no [...]
Full Story »dimanche le 17 juin
Bonne Fête des Pères ! Father’s Day is the same day in the US and France – the third Sunday in June. Which is slightly less complicated than Mother’s Day, which is the second Sunday in May in the US and the last Sunday in May in France – unless that last Sunday is also [...]
Full Story »Freebox
Our internet/telephone/TV finally works! We have so many channels in so many languages. I should never be bored again.
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