French Bed Beard: Fig’s Diary

Hi Everyone! Mom is putting the whole family to work this week. Yesterday she made Dad write about his new job and today she asked me to tell you all how I'm doing. I think she might be getting lazy, but I do have a few things to share with you since my last diary entry so I guess it's ok. First of all. I'm hot. Like, really hot. I grew up in San Francisco so I'm not used to all these blazing sun and...

Guest Post: A Day in the Life of The Hub

Many of you have been asking me how The Hub is liking his new job and I'm happy to tell you that he loves it! I thought you all might be interested in learning more about what he's doing here in Montpellier, so I asked him to write a guest post about A Day in the Life of The Hub.  Even though he's over 3 hours past the deadline I gave him to submit, I'll let it slide since he's the only one with a real job....

Hump Day: Pic Saint Loup

Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner!  After 2 weeks of searching and drinking, we have found a way to pick a red wine we know we'll like.  You probably already know this, but I'll explain again that rather than classifying their wine by Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, etc., the French differentiate by appellation like Burgandy, Bordeaux, Rhône, etc.  Check out this map below from Wine-Tour...

Food Porn Dictionary

Even though we won't start our French classes until later this week, The Hub and I are having fun continuing our podcasts lessons and learning from new friends.  In addition to learning the French equivalent of the phrase, "that's what she said" (which when literally translated is much dirtier than anything Michael Scott would ever say intentionally), we've pretty much figured out everything we need to know to...

We Live Here

Last night we had a Skype Date with The Hub's family to wish his mother and sister a Happy Mother's Day.  During our conversation, my mother in law said, "Sometimes I look at your pictures of Montpellier and I think - wow!  I can't believe they really live there."  Honestly, neither can we. We know how lucky we are to be experiencing life in such a beautiful country and we're doing our...

Flashbacks and Friday Bed Beard

I've now gone two full weeks without a phone and it's equal parts liberating and frustrating.  I do plan on getting a cell phone here, but before you can buy a phone and purchase a plan, you have to have things like a home with an address.  Figures.  So in the meantime, I'm doing things the old fashioned way like using a map, wearing a watch, and actually planning out in detail the exact time and place I will...

The Beginning (And Maybe End?) of the Great House Hunt

We started our house hunt this week and, if all goes according to plan, it might end this week too!  The rental market seems to be a little tough out here in Montpellier because we haven't had a ton of options, but I think we have 2 solid places that we'll be deciding between over the next 24 hours.  Initially we thought we'd like to live in a house with a yard for Figaro, not minding that it would most likely not...

One of My Favorite Days to Celebrate…

....is today!  Three years ago today The Hub got down on one knee and asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.  It was the easiest question I ever had to answer!  Since some of you may not know how The Hub proposed, I thought it would be fun to share the story today instead of writing a Hump Day post, so I hope you don't mind. The story starts in Chicago where I was hosting my BFF's Bachelorette Party...

Making Friends in Montpellier

Happy Monday Everyone!  I hope your weekend was full of sun, shopping, and sand like ours was.  The Hub and I had a great weekend exploring life outside of Montpellier's city center, thanks to some of our new friends.  But let me start at the beginning. Friday night we went to a Royal Wedding After Party at the French American Center.  We found out the FAC by Googling "Americans in Montpellier" (Google, how I...