French Ambition

Well, I'm trying to keep myself connected to the dream of living in Paris un jour. For me that entails French movies, music (Piaf, Aznavour), wine (cotes de Bergerac) and books. I've been reading Almost French since September. No, I'm not a slow reader. But with school, I can only read a chapter here and there. Hopefully, if the weather is still nice and crisp, I'll go to a park and read for a couple hours. I've already renewed the book 3 times so it must be read by early November!

Almost French is the story of an Aussie woman who meets a Frenchman in Prague and is intrigued by his, well, Frenchiness. She agrees to visit him in Paris and ends up moving there. I actually started reading this book in Paris outside of:



Shakespeare and Company. I desperately wanted to buy the book right then and there, but I was already on dangerous ground with my luggage situation. I couldn't afford to add an extra ounce to my already laden down self. So I just jotted down the name and author instead. The book is funny and interesting and I look forward to finishing it soon! LOL.

The French Job Market?

I applied for an paid* internship in Paris.

I got an e-mail back and subsequently had a phone interview.

Was asked in I would be in Paris any time soon for a face to face interview.

Was told to re-contact interviewer in a month to arrange webcam interview.

Faithfully contacted interviewer by e-mail in a month to arrange webcam interview.

Still no word from said interviewer. Is this a normal job search in France? If they're not interested anymore, hopefully they'll contact me and say we've filled the p osition.

Trying to keep hope alive.


*even though the internship is "paid" I have no idea mow much or if it would even be enough to live on. I could probably teach on the side or babysit, but (if you've read this blog) you know that I am OCD when it comes to having stuff planned out perfectly.