Blog Posts on expat life in france

I have Organized my Blog by The Salad Bowl Blog on Apr 19, 2010As a result, this blog will only about what it says in the Blog title- Igorot Culture and Life as an Expat in France.I have created a separate blog for all the writings, and stories, and books. All these will be in: Short and Abridged Stories.Cheers...

House hunting in the Western Surburb of Paris by The Salad Bowl Blog on Jan 20, 2010So, I have finally decided to stay. Moving the whole family to a different country, even though just across the channel, proved to be wearisome for everyone (except perhaps the ever- so-pampered-pooch of a baby). The initial setting-up marked by a b...

House hunting in Suburban Paris by The Salad Bowl Blog on Jan 20, 2010So, I have finally decided to stay. Hence the title of this blog. Moving the whole family to a different country, even though just across the channel, proved to be wearisome for everyone (except perhaps my precious ever- so-pampered-pooch of a baby).

So you think being an expat in Paris is glamorous? by The Salad Bowl Blog on Dec 11, 2009I’ve only been here barely four months and I can already enumerate with all of my fingers instances when I’ve been met by French incivility. With all of the times that I visited the city and country in the past, I haven’t really noticed it as...

In fairness to Paris (and France)... by The Salad Bowl Blog on Nov 10, 2009I feel I have to say something positive about the city and about France as a country, after battering it with the 'dog's poop issue' below. Paris is beautiful. I love how people still appreciate tradition and custom. This is noticeable by lively a...

Dog's poop in Paris by The Salad Bowl Blog on Nov 9, 2009It's all over the city. In the first week upon moving in, we found a dog's wastage in front of our house. You bet I was fuming! So disgusting! Another thing that amazes me is that with the amount of dog's poop in the city, Parisians don't have the...

From London to Le Vesinet, suburb of Paris by The Salad Bowl Blog on Nov 8, 2009(image from http://www.intransit-international.com)So, after some years in the UK, most of it in London, I have finally changed the place I live. My French husband accepted this job in Paris, something that he's been after for a while. He wanted to...