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About Author: Lindsey Skala

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Description: Bonjour à tous! Je m'appelle Lindsey Skala. I'm a junior from the south suburbs of Chicago studying French and International Economics & Cultural Affairs at Valpo! Join me while I experience the enigma that is life à la française in Paris, France, this fall!

Posts by Lindsey Skala

(Mal)Functioning in a Foreign Language

Posted on December 19, 2011 | No Comments
1) Fact: It is hard to be funny in a language that is not your mother tongue. Believe me, I’ve tried several times. Doesn’t matter if you fancy yourself the...
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Paris, tu me manques déjà! (Top 10 Things I’ll Miss about Paris!)

Posted on December 19, 2011 | No Comments
Alright. Bon. Alors. For the past four months I have been privledged enough to reside (if temporarily) in a pretty great city, known not only for it’s fine cuisine, but...
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Les Tendances à Paris

Posted on November 20, 2011 | No Comments
Upon my arrival in Paris, (for the first, second, and third time), once of the first things I noticed was how incredibly well-dressed its natives were. Even the children were...
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5 Books You Must Read before Visiting/Working/Living in Paris…

Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
Bonjour tout le monde! (Hello everybody!) If it’s been awhile since I wrote it’s only because I’ve been finishing school, taking a week’s vacation in Barcelona & the South of...
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Street art!

Posted on October 11, 2011 | No Comments
Coming from a fairly urban background, I’d like to think that I’ve seen my fair share of graffiti in my twenty-one years of existence. In the States (well I can...
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TOO FRENCH???

Posted on October 8, 2011 | No Comments
My first weeks in France, I had this reoccurring (and curious) thought: that somehow all the Parisians I saw in my daily comings and goings were TOO French. French to...
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Où j’habite ! (and other gentle reminders that I’m not in the US)

Posted on October 8, 2011 | No Comments
Quite excellently, my homestay assignment is in the 18th “arrondissement” (=French term for the districts in which the city is divided) of Paris which is called Montmartre. Home not only...
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Je suis ici!

Posted on September 5, 2011 | No Comments
Seeing how I’ll be approaching the one-week anniversary of my arrival here in Paris, France, I PROBABLY should have begun this travel blog (tralog?) sooner. MAIS, ALORS…je commencerai maintenant (Cela...
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