Hello! With our two nights in Ghent done, my travel-buddy assistante and I packed our bags and headed to our final stop in Belgium, the big and bilingual (French and Dutch are the official languages) city of Brussels. We took the train over, arriving in the Belgian capital in the late afternoon to grey, overcast skies. Not the cheeriest way … Continue reading Destination: Brussels, Belgium
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Hello! After a short, one-night stay in the northern city of Lille, France, I took the train over to Belgium to continue my vacation during les vacances de la Toussaints. My next destination was Bruges, of which I had to make a transfer in Brussels just to get there by the train system (not very logical, … Continue reading Destination: Bruges, Belgium
Greetings! With the first holidays in France coming up (les vacances de la Toussaints), I thought that I would share with you some of my travels here on this blog. Considering that I traveled quite a bit during my first year as an assistante d'anglais, I hope to give you a glimpse of what I had experienced … Continue reading Destination: Lille, France
Story time, folks. As you know, I'll be returning to France for my second year as an assistante d'anglais. I'll be once again in the Normandy region, and I'm really looking forward to using what I learned from last year to teach a new group of students in a different town. However, the process of getting … Continue reading How I Almost Didn’t Return to France This Year
Salut! Perhaps you've just arrived in France with no place to live, or maybe you're still in the States worrying about not having a flat once you're there. Granted, finding housing in France has got to be one of the most stressful things that us assistant(e)s/ lecteurs/lectrices/working-holiday students have to deal with, especially in an environment … Continue reading How to Find Housing in France
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