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Living in a Box Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 19, 2016
Ok, I’ve never actually lived in a box, but I have spent my fair share of time in one. You see, the French term for a night club or disco is “boîte de nuit” … and “boîte” is the French word for “box”! And even though I was only 16 when I first went to…
Mon Paris à moi / My Paris Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 12, 2016
After last week’s “trip” to ‘la Bretagne’, this week a few of my favorite things about Paris. The town I lived in during my time in France, Bois-Colombes, is just a short 10-minute train ride from the Gare St. Lazare (the St. Lazare train station) in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. Easy access to public transportation meant…
Août en Bretagne Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 5, 2016
I arrived in France for the first time at the end of July (‘fin juillet’). I was jet-lagged, confused, and a little scared at the prospect of spending the next year so far away from everything and everyone I had grown up with back in the US. Before I even had time to settle in…
Musings of an ex-expat Posted by Tim Hildreth on Mar 22, 2016
Bonjour et bienvenue! Permettez moi de me présenter. Je m’appelle Tim Hildreth et je suis désormais bloggeur pour Transparent Language! (Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tim Hildreth and starting today, I’m a new blogger here with Transparent Language.) I’m sure you can guess from my name, I’m not French. But I am…