by Sarah Turnbull
Disliked the whiney, judgmental narrator.
I love travel memoirs. I especially love travel memoirs when it's set in Paris, France. Which is why I was so surprised at how uninterested I became during my read through Almost French. Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris is exactly how it sounds. A young woman in her late twenties settles ...
Ich mag Frankreich nicht besonders. Halt... das stimmt so nicht ganz: Frankreich an sich (oder das, was ich davon kenne, also eigentlich nur das Elsass) ist sicher nicht schlecht... wenn es nur nicht so voller Franzosen wäre! Ich gebe zu, zum Teil beruht dieses Vorurteil auf den Erzählungen meines F...
Sarah Turnbull impulsively decided to follow a man home to Paris, but the trip was supposed to be for a week, not a lifetime. Instead, Turnbull married the man and made Paris her home.French things I learned from this book: Lots of French words; waiters and those working in stores can appear rude to...
Very nice reading and really gives good insight into the French culture. After a time, I was getting a bit antsy over the descriptions and maybe a bit of the pitty party, but all in all, it was good fun to read.
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