{"id":91662,"date":"2023-02-23T14:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/?page_id=91662"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T22:50:02","slug":"my-french-life-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/","title":{"rendered":"My French Life\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Latest Articles<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-grid-wrapper fusion-blog-no\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-blog-layout-grid .fusion-post-grid{padding:20px;}.fusion-blog-shortcode-1 .fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -20px !important; 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Dans cette vid\u00e9o, Pierre suit un itin\u00e9raire inspirant \u00e0 travers sept sites embl\u00e9matiques, de ceux qui donnent envie de ralentir le pas et de lever les yeux.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/serie-video-7-sites-sur-la-rive-droite-du-lac-dannecy\/\" aria-label=\"More on S\u00e9rie Vid\u00e9o: 7 Sites sur la Rive Droite du Lac d&#8217;Annecy\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-99233\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-99233 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-vie category-vie-francaise tag-rebecca-jones tag-chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes tag-dahlias tag-chateau tag-france tag-garden tag-nature\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid var(--awb-color2);border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color2);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"819\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271456%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201456%20819%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271456%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adobe-Express-file.jpg\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\">Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\" aria-label=\"Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\">Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/rebecca-jones\/\" title=\"Posts by Rebecca Jones\" rel=\"author\">Rebecca Jones<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-21T10:21:57+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>There\u2019s a mellowing in July, the brighter colours of early summer fading and softening through the long sunny days. July swept in over hot golden fields and mercifully blew out again on a cool northerly breeze. The temperatures dipped down to a normal Sarthoise summer, and both the garden and I were grateful.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\" aria-label=\"More on Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-99217\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-99217 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-vie category-vie-francaise tag-teenagers-in-paris tag-teen-girl-in-paris tag-victor-coultard tag-parisienne-teen tag-parisienne\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid var(--awb-color2);border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color2);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\">How to play it like a French teen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to play it like a French teen\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\" aria-label=\"How to play it like a French teen\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 25px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\">How to play it like a French teen<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/victor-coutard\/\" title=\"Posts by Victor Coutard\" rel=\"author\">Victor Coutard<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-27T18:14:12+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-double sep-solid\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Alix, my stepdaughter, is 14. She teaches us a few things about what it\u2019s like to be a teenage girl in Paris.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\" aria-label=\"More on How to play it like a French teen\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Features<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-post-slider fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider-posts\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2022\/10\/25\/call-of-the-pyrenees-incomparable-mountains-2\/\" aria-label=\"Call of the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es: Incomparable mountains #2\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"258\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-91113\" 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data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2022\/10\/25\/call-of-the-pyrenees-incomparable-mountains-2\/\">Call of the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es: Incomparable mountains #2<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2022\/01\/27\/french-music-philosophy-pocket-sized-guides-to-france\/\" aria-label=\"French music &#038; philosophy: Pocket-sized Guides to France\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"236\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-88679\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-e1678941467863.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-e1678941467863.png\" alt=\"French music &amp; philosophy: Pocket-sized Guides to France\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27295%27%20height%3D%27236%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20295%20236%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27295%27%20height%3D%27236%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-e1678941467863-200x160.png 200w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/feature-e1678941467863.png 295w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2022\/01\/27\/french-music-philosophy-pocket-sized-guides-to-france\/\">French music &#038; philosophy: Pocket-sized Guides to France<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2020\/08\/24\/kevin-doolan-street-photographer\/\" aria-label=\"Kevin Doolan street photographer in Paris\u2014Creatives in France\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"300\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-92157\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-08-at-10.56.35-e1675814274129-1.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-08-at-10.56.35-e1675814274129-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27457%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20457%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27457%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-08-at-10.56.35-e1675814274129-1-200x131.png 200w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-08-at-10.56.35-e1675814274129-1-400x263.png 400w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-08-at-10.56.35-e1675814274129-1.png 457w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2020\/08\/24\/kevin-doolan-street-photographer\/\">Kevin Doolan street photographer in Paris\u2014Creatives in France<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2020\/05\/18\/champagne-guide-easily-become-an-expert\/\" aria-label=\"Champagne guide: become a French champagne expert &#8211; easily!\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"300\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-88706\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27408%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20408%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27408%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-10.11.12-e1621815171692.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2020\/05\/18\/champagne-guide-easily-become-an-expert\/\">Champagne guide: become a French champagne expert &#8211; easily!<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2018\/04\/09\/learn-french-breakthrough-method\/\" aria-label=\"Finesse your French: yes, you CAN learn French this time \u2013 a breakthrough method &#8211; introduction\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"300\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-83537\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20380%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyFrenchLife\u2122-MyFrenchLife.org-Learn-French-A-breakthrough-method-Frustration-e1520875253418.jpg\" alt=\"MyFrenchLife\u2122 - MyFrenchLife.org - Learn French - A breakthrough method - Frustration\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2018\/04\/09\/learn-french-breakthrough-method\/\">Finesse your French: yes, you CAN learn French this time \u2013 a breakthrough method &#8211; introduction<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2016\/02\/17\/artisans-in-paris\/\" aria-label=\"Paris Mosaic: meet the artisans in Paris\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-79663\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6687.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6687.jpg\" alt=\"food_My French Life_ Paris Mosaic\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27640%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20640%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27640%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6687-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6687.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2016\/02\/17\/artisans-in-paris\/\">Paris Mosaic: meet the artisans in Paris<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2015\/01\/20\/french-fashion-in-the-capital\/\" aria-label=\"French fashion in Paris: the art of nonchalance\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"236\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-91787\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-15.15.40-e1678940253412.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-15.15.40-e1678940253412.png\" alt=\"Fashion in Paris: the art of nonchalance\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27352%27%20height%3D%27236%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20352%20236%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27352%27%20height%3D%27236%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-15.15.40-e1678940253412-200x134.png 200w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2023-03-16-at-15.15.40-e1678940253412.png 352w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"slide-excerpt\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2015\/01\/20\/french-fashion-in-the-capital\/\">French fashion in Paris: the art of nonchalance<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>How to experience France beyond the clich\u00e9. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Start here with this constantly refreshed selection of featured articles and series; all from our archives of more than 3,000 articles, and all written for Francophiles.<\/p>\n<p>This is where you can immerse yourself in Guides to France, covering an enormous range from champagne, shoes, art, and literature, music, and philosophy, plus a focus on Paris and other amazing locations and so much more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dive in by making a selection &#8211; <em>Amusez vous<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_artsculture nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_10);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Arts + Culture<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-1 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 gastronomie\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/a-first-date-at-le-corbusiers-villa-savoye-outside-of-paris\/\" aria-label=\"A first date at Le Corbusier&#8217;s Villa Savoye outside of Paris\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/3e2817fe-c48d-4bb1-934a-03e76edc202e_2700x1800-e1753167734862-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/3e2817fe-c48d-4bb1-934a-03e76edc202e_2700x1800-e1753167734862-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/3e2817fe-c48d-4bb1-934a-03e76edc202e_2700x1800-e1753167734862-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/3e2817fe-c48d-4bb1-934a-03e76edc202e_2700x1800-e1753167734862-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/kelsey-rose\/\" title=\"Posts by Kelsey Rose Williams Barth\u00e9s\" rel=\"author\">Kelsey Rose Williams Barth\u00e9s<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-31T15:50:21+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/a-first-date-at-le-corbusiers-villa-savoye-outside-of-paris\/\">A first date at Le Corbusier&#8217;s Villa Savoye outside of Paris<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/kelsey-rose\/\" title=\"Posts by Kelsey Rose Williams Barth\u00e9s\" rel=\"author\">Kelsey Rose Williams Barth\u00e9s<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-31T15:50:21+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 31, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>A divine\/magnifique\/charmant spot for a first date, I'd say! Three years ago this week, I stumbled off an airplane into the European territory for the first time. I was masked, terrified, and a little over a year into my French Duolingo daily streak. A very handsome French man, whom I had met thanks to the Eames House, rescued me from Charles de Gaulle a\u00e9roport and then took me on what became my last first date with someone.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/11\/the-siege-of-calais-and-auguste-rodins-burghers-of-calais-the-hundred-years-war\/\" aria-label=\"The Siege of Calais and Auguste Rodin\u2019s Burghers of Calais The Hundred Years\u2019 War\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-11.10.33\u202fAM-e1748481164942-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-11.10.33\u202fAM-e1748481164942-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-11.10.33\u202fAM-e1748481164942-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-11.10.33\u202fAM-e1748481164942-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/caroline-mccormick-clarke\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline McCormick-Clarke\" rel=\"author\">Caroline McCormick-Clarke<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-15T09:16:54+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/11\/the-siege-of-calais-and-auguste-rodins-burghers-of-calais-the-hundred-years-war\/\">The Siege of Calais and Auguste Rodin\u2019s Burghers of Calais The Hundred Years\u2019 War<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/caroline-mccormick-clarke\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline McCormick-Clarke\" rel=\"author\">Caroline McCormick-Clarke<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-15T09:16:54+10:00<\/span><span>Jun 11, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>The Hundred Years\u2019 War and the Siege of Calais is inspired by Auguste Rodin\u2019s famous copper sculpture Les Monument aux Bourgeois de Calais,\u00a0which I drive past every time I disembark from the Dover-Calais ferry.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/05\/new-year-new-horizons-looking-ahead-and-nostalgia\/\" aria-label=\"New Year: New Horizons &#8211; looking ahead and nostalgia\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-12.59.58\u202fPM-e1749082215531-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-12.59.58\u202fPM-e1749082215531-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-12.59.58\u202fPM-e1749082215531-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-15-at-12.59.58\u202fPM-e1749082215531-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/joanna-maclennan\/\" title=\"Posts by Joanna Maclennan\" rel=\"author\">Joanna Maclennan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-05T10:10:25+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/05\/new-year-new-horizons-looking-ahead-and-nostalgia\/\">New Year: New Horizons &#8211; looking ahead and nostalgia<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/joanna-maclennan\/\" title=\"Posts by Joanna Maclennan\" rel=\"author\">Joanna Maclennan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-05T10:10:25+10:00<\/span><span>Jun 5, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Do you like Family portraits? And what about the antique style? <\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_escapades nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#004041;--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Escapades<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-2 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 escapades\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/serie-video-7-sites-sur-la-rive-droite-du-lac-dannecy\/\" aria-label=\"S\u00e9rie Vid\u00e9o: 7 Sites sur la Rive Droite du Lac d&#8217;Annecy\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"396\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271448%27%20height%3D%27820%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201448%20820%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271448%27%20height%3D%27820%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-19-at-1.40.20-PM.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/pierre-guernier\/\" title=\"Posts by Pierre Guernier\" rel=\"author\">Pierre Guernier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-21T10:05:07+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/serie-video-7-sites-sur-la-rive-droite-du-lac-dannecy\/\">S\u00e9rie Vid\u00e9o: 7 Sites sur la Rive Droite du Lac d&#8217;Annecy<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/pierre-guernier\/\" title=\"Posts by Pierre Guernier\" rel=\"author\">Pierre Guernier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-21T10:05:07+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>La rive droite du lac d\u2019Annecy rec\u00e8le une \u00e9tonnante diversit\u00e9 de paysages, entre reliefs escarp\u00e9s, for\u00eats myst\u00e9rieuses et rives paisibles. Dans cette vid\u00e9o, Pierre suit un itin\u00e9raire inspirant \u00e0 travers sept sites embl\u00e9matiques, de ceux qui donnent envie de ralentir le pas et de lever les yeux.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/11\/a-day-at-the-calanque-de-sormiou-marseille\/\" aria-label=\"A Day at the Calanque de Sormiou, Marseille: A hot walk to a cool beach\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/73359926-b3b3-46bf-b8e3-fec6bf269353_3024x3024-e1751416825208-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/73359926-b3b3-46bf-b8e3-fec6bf269353_3024x3024-e1751416825208-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/73359926-b3b3-46bf-b8e3-fec6bf269353_3024x3024-e1751416825208-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/73359926-b3b3-46bf-b8e3-fec6bf269353_3024x3024-e1751416825208-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/nick-garnett\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick Garnett\" rel=\"author\">Nick Garnett<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-11T10:18:02+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/11\/a-day-at-the-calanque-de-sormiou-marseille\/\">A Day at the Calanque de Sormiou, Marseille: A hot walk to a cool beach<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/nick-garnett\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick Garnett\" rel=\"author\">Nick Garnett<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-11T10:18:02+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 11, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Calanque de Sormiou, Marseille: Our day started by going down the wrong track, to the wrong Calanque, in the wrong shoes, in 30+ degree heat with an overheating seven-year-old wearing Crocs, until we realised our mistakes (Crocs &amp; route) and had to retrace our steps and start all over again.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/11\/boulogne-sur-mer-history-architecture-fishing-things-to-see-and-do-and-the-tour-de-france\/\" aria-label=\"Boulogne-sur-Mer: History, Architecture, Fishing, Things to See and Do and the Tour de France\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/19dd8983-6b06-4ee5-8f80-5c1234f484a7_1600x1200-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/19dd8983-6b06-4ee5-8f80-5c1234f484a7_1600x1200-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/19dd8983-6b06-4ee5-8f80-5c1234f484a7_1600x1200-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/19dd8983-6b06-4ee5-8f80-5c1234f484a7_1600x1200-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/caroline-mccormick-clarke\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline McCormick-Clarke\" rel=\"author\">Caroline McCormick-Clarke<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-11T10:21:48+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/11\/boulogne-sur-mer-history-architecture-fishing-things-to-see-and-do-and-the-tour-de-france\/\">Boulogne-sur-Mer: History, Architecture, Fishing, Things to See and Do and the Tour de France<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/caroline-mccormick-clarke\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline McCormick-Clarke\" rel=\"author\">Caroline McCormick-Clarke<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-11T10:21:48+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 11, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Boulogne-sur-Mer: The 2025 Grand D\u00e9part will be contested in northern France. Stage 1 starts and finishes in the centre of Lille and covers 185 km via a northwest loop, with the sprinters expected to fight for the first stage win and the maillot jaune (yellow jersey).<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_gastronomie nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Gastronomie<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-3 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 gastronomie\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/07\/popping-the-bubble-the-dark-side-of-champagne\/\" aria-label=\"Popping the Bubble: The Dark Side of Champagne\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.54.08-AM-e1754523334348-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.54.08-AM-e1754523334348-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.54.08-AM-e1754523334348-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.54.08-AM-e1754523334348-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/keith-christiansen\/\" title=\"Posts by Keith Christiansen\" rel=\"author\">Keith Christiansen<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-07T09:42:02+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/07\/popping-the-bubble-the-dark-side-of-champagne\/\">Popping the Bubble: The Dark Side of Champagne<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/keith-christiansen\/\" title=\"Posts by Keith Christiansen\" rel=\"author\">Keith Christiansen<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-07T09:42:02+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 7, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>I\u2019ve heard people say\u00a0\"Champagne est le vin de la f\u00eate\"\u00a0(\"Champagne is the wine of celebration\"), associated with special occasions, life events, and luxury. Sometimes, I have been told, \u201cbut champagne is\u00a0champagne,\u201d with the idea that it is a different thing entirely and drinking champagne is special, reserved, and distinctive.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/they-eat-songbirds-dont-they\/\" aria-label=\"They Eat Songbirds, Don&#8217;t They?\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/bd9cfffc-8e53-44ef-9371-8b272e0f8c4e_1168x752-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27644%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201000%20644%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27644%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/bd9cfffc-8e53-44ef-9371-8b272e0f8c4e_1168x752-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/bd9cfffc-8e53-44ef-9371-8b272e0f8c4e_1168x752-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/bd9cfffc-8e53-44ef-9371-8b272e0f8c4e_1168x752-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/laura-washburn-hutton\/\" title=\"Posts by Laura Washburn Hutton\" rel=\"author\">Laura Washburn Hutton<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-05T10:56:38+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/they-eat-songbirds-dont-they\/\">They Eat Songbirds, Don&#8217;t They?<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/laura-washburn-hutton\/\" title=\"Posts by Laura Washburn Hutton\" rel=\"author\">Laura Washburn Hutton<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-05T10:56:38+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 31, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>There was no explanation; it just happened. The men were seated around the Ch\u00e2teau dining table. In the candlelight, we see them hunched over as they eat little birds in little ramekins, with white linen napkins over their heads and covering their faces.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/25\/remember-the-golden-rule-when-in-doubt-add-a-little-butter\/\" aria-label=\"Remember the golden rule: when in doubt, add a little butter\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/a99eaca6-da98-4d79-8af6-5dc78cd54b7c_3000x3632-e1753425712131-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/a99eaca6-da98-4d79-8af6-5dc78cd54b7c_3000x3632-e1753425712131-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/a99eaca6-da98-4d79-8af6-5dc78cd54b7c_3000x3632-e1753425712131-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/a99eaca6-da98-4d79-8af6-5dc78cd54b7c_3000x3632-e1753425712131-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/victor-coutard\/\" title=\"Posts by Victor Coutard\" rel=\"author\">Victor Coutard<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-25T16:42:49+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/25\/remember-the-golden-rule-when-in-doubt-add-a-little-butter\/\">Remember the golden rule: when in doubt, add a little butter<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/victor-coutard\/\" title=\"Posts by Victor Coutard\" rel=\"author\">Victor Coutard<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-25T16:42:49+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 25, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Remember the golden rule: when in doubt add a little butter... Spread on toast at breakfast, melted into sauces, drizzled over meat, or used to elevate whatever you found at the market: butter is a simple, everyday, immediate pleasure. <\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_modebeaut nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_8);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Mode + Beaut\u00e9<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-4 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 gastronomie\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/07\/3-vintage-longchamp-bags-that-arent-the-classic-le-pliage\/\" aria-label=\"3 vintage Longchamp bags that aren&#8217;t the classic Le Pliage\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.12.26-AM-e1754353094742-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.12.26-AM-e1754353094742-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.12.26-AM-e1754353094742-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-05-at-10.12.26-AM-e1754353094742-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/laure-albouy\/\" title=\"Posts by Laure Albouy\" rel=\"author\">Laure Albouy<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-07T09:41:03+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/07\/3-vintage-longchamp-bags-that-arent-the-classic-le-pliage\/\">3 vintage Longchamp bags that aren&#8217;t the classic Le Pliage<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/laure-albouy\/\" title=\"Posts by Laure Albouy\" rel=\"author\">Laure Albouy<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-07T09:41:03+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 7, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Longchamp: Le Pliage revolution - In the 1990s, they set out to solve a design problem: how to create a lightweight, durable bag.\r\nNylon + leather was the answer - Enter Le Pliage...<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/a-photographer-that-i-love-sarah-moon\/\" aria-label=\"A Photographer that I Love: Sarah Moon\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/6ec46228-d038-49ca-8f78-bd75d81fab60_1100x888-1-e1753747267539-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"Sarah Moon\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/6ec46228-d038-49ca-8f78-bd75d81fab60_1100x888-1-e1753747267539-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/6ec46228-d038-49ca-8f78-bd75d81fab60_1100x888-1-e1753747267539-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/6ec46228-d038-49ca-8f78-bd75d81fab60_1100x888-1-e1753747267539-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/joanna-maclennan\/\" title=\"Posts by Joanna Maclennan\" rel=\"author\">Joanna Maclennan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-31T15:49:47+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/31\/a-photographer-that-i-love-sarah-moon\/\">A Photographer that I Love: Sarah Moon<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/joanna-maclennan\/\" title=\"Posts by Joanna Maclennan\" rel=\"author\">Joanna Maclennan<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-31T15:49:47+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 31, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>French photographer Sarah Moon\u00a0- where to start. I just love and admire her work. I also loved that she was once interviewed by someone I know who said that she was asking her about technique and Sarah said that that is\u00a0so boring let\u2019s talk about creativity. Brilliant.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/08\/cracking-the-code-on-french-style-5-way-to-embrace-french-summer-dressing\/\" aria-label=\"Cracking the Code on French Style: 5 way to embrace French summer dressing.\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-9.51.59-AM-e1751932455482-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"French Style\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-9.51.59-AM-e1751932455482-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-9.51.59-AM-e1751932455482-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-9.51.59-AM-e1751932455482-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/kevin-robles\/\" title=\"Posts by Kevin Robles\" rel=\"author\">Kevin Robles<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-17T13:08:25+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/08\/cracking-the-code-on-french-style-5-way-to-embrace-french-summer-dressing\/\">Cracking the Code on French Style: 5 way to embrace French summer dressing.<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/kevin-robles\/\" title=\"Posts by Kevin Robles\" rel=\"author\">Kevin Robles<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-17T13:08:25+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 8, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>French Style: Want to dress like a French woman? Don\u2019t just buy a mariniere, throw on a red lip, and call it a day...<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_reportage nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_9);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Reportage + Soci\u00e9t\u00e9<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-5 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 gastronomie\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/15\/the-eiffel-tower-is-a-radio-transmitter\/\" aria-label=\"The Eiffel Tower is a radio transmitter??\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/cef41992-609d-4572-9fb8-82a576d0cb5d_1254x1054-e1754871147230-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/cef41992-609d-4572-9fb8-82a576d0cb5d_1254x1054-e1754871147230-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/cef41992-609d-4572-9fb8-82a576d0cb5d_1254x1054-e1754871147230-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/cef41992-609d-4572-9fb8-82a576d0cb5d_1254x1054-e1754871147230-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/jenn-bragg\/\" title=\"Posts by Jennifer Bragg\" rel=\"author\">Jennifer Bragg<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-15T10:27:06+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/15\/the-eiffel-tower-is-a-radio-transmitter\/\">The Eiffel Tower is a radio transmitter??<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/jenn-bragg\/\" title=\"Posts by Jennifer Bragg\" rel=\"author\">Jennifer Bragg<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-15T10:27:06+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 15, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>I may be the last person to know this, but I recently discovered that the Eiffel Tower has been transmitting radio broadcasts for over 100 years!<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/17\/one-day-it-is-not-going-to-be-like-this-nettle-soup-fragility-food-systems-and-what-comes-after-convenience\/\" aria-label=\"One day, it is not going to be like this: nettle soup, fragility, food systems, and what comes after convenience\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/f1e34b59-d1f3-452e-9f44-7a0138198987_3888x2592-e1751590069911-700x441.webp\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/f1e34b59-d1f3-452e-9f44-7a0138198987_3888x2592-e1751590069911-700x441.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/f1e34b59-d1f3-452e-9f44-7a0138198987_3888x2592-e1751590069911-320x202.webp 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/f1e34b59-d1f3-452e-9f44-7a0138198987_3888x2592-e1751590069911-700x441.webp 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/keith-christiansen\/\" title=\"Posts by Keith Christiansen\" rel=\"author\">Keith Christiansen<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-17T12:59:02+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/07\/17\/one-day-it-is-not-going-to-be-like-this-nettle-soup-fragility-food-systems-and-what-comes-after-convenience\/\">One day, it is not going to be like this: nettle soup, fragility, food systems, and what comes after convenience<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/keith-christiansen\/\" title=\"Posts by Keith Christiansen\" rel=\"author\">Keith Christiansen<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-17T12:59:02+10:00<\/span><span>Jul 17, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Foraging nettles and shorter food supply chains in France<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/12\/the-curious-case-of-the-french-foreign-legion\/\" aria-label=\"The Curious Case of the French Foreign Legion.\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/4096px-Foreign_Legion_Bastille_Day_2013_Paris_t092629-scaled-e1748221376475-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/4096px-Foreign_Legion_Bastille_Day_2013_Paris_t092629-scaled-e1748221376475-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/4096px-Foreign_Legion_Bastille_Day_2013_Paris_t092629-scaled-e1748221376475-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/4096px-Foreign_Legion_Bastille_Day_2013_Paris_t092629-scaled-e1748221376475-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/judy\/\" title=\"Posts by Judy MacMahon\" rel=\"author\">Judy MacMahon<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-12T15:07:37+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/06\/12\/the-curious-case-of-the-french-foreign-legion\/\">The Curious Case of the French Foreign Legion.<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/judy\/\" title=\"Posts by Judy MacMahon\" rel=\"author\">Judy MacMahon<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-12T15:07:37+10:00<\/span><span>Jun 12, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>GUEST POST  Robert Fay\u2014The Foreign Legion: It was peculiar that an upper-middle class English teenager, one who had attended a public high school (i.e.,\u00a0private)\u00a0wanted to enlist in a French mercenary army for low pay and a fast-track to war. But logic wasn\u2019t at play here,\" writes Robert Ray.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-7 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background home_viefranchaise nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-color4);border-color:var(--awb-color4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_7);--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Vie Fran\u00e7aise<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-6 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 gastronomie\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\" aria-label=\"Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271456%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201456%20819%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271456%27%20height%3D%27819%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adobe-Express-file.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/rebecca-jones\/\" title=\"Posts by Rebecca Jones\" rel=\"author\">Rebecca Jones<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-21T10:21:57+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/chateau-de-la-ruche-july-garden-notes\/\">Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/rebecca-jones\/\" title=\"Posts by Rebecca Jones\" rel=\"author\">Rebecca Jones<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-21T10:21:57+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>There\u2019s a mellowing in July, the brighter colours of early summer fading and softening through the long sunny days. July swept in over hot golden fields and mercifully blew out again on a cool northerly breeze. The temperatures dipped down to a normal Sarthoise summer, and both the garden and I were grateful.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\" aria-label=\"How to play it like a French teen\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-9.57.46-AM-e1754957617695-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/victor-coutard\/\" title=\"Posts by Victor Coutard\" rel=\"author\">Victor Coutard<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-27T18:14:12+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/21\/how-to-play-it-like-a-french-teen\/\">How to play it like a French teen<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/victor-coutard\/\" title=\"Posts by Victor Coutard\" rel=\"author\">Victor Coutard<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-27T18:14:12+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>Alix, my stepdaughter, is 14. She teaches us a few things about what it\u2019s like to be a teenage girl in Paris.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/15\/i-think-ive-become-too-parisian-im-not-sure-whether-or-not-thats-a-bad-thing\/\" aria-label=\"I Think I&#8217;ve Become Too Parisian: I&#8217;m not sure whether or not that&#8217;s a bad thing.\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-12.38.59-PM-1-e1755226001718-700x441.jpg\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%20768%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%27768%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-12.38.59-PM-1-e1755226001718-700x441.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-12.38.59-PM-1-e1755226001718-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-08-15-at-12.38.59-PM-1-e1755226001718-700x441.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/shelby-chambers\/\" title=\"Posts by Shelby Chambers\" rel=\"author\">Shelby Chambers<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-15T12:47:28+10:00<\/span><h5 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/2025\/08\/15\/i-think-ive-become-too-parisian-im-not-sure-whether-or-not-thats-a-bad-thing\/\">I Think I&#8217;ve Become Too Parisian: I&#8217;m not sure whether or not that&#8217;s a bad thing.<\/a><\/h5><p class=\"meta\">By <span class=\"vcard\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/author\/shelby-chambers\/\" title=\"Posts by Shelby Chambers\" rel=\"author\">Shelby Chambers<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-15T12:47:28+10:00<\/span><span>Aug 15, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><p>If you truly are Parisian by birth, marriage, or moving, and you truly hate what I\u2019m saying, remember that I\u2019m not talking about you. Individually, everyone is innocent. Everyone\u2019s situation is unique and understandable. It\u2019s only as a group, as a Parisian Leviathan, if you will, that these trends become oppressive. And, besides, I\u2019m not even talking about you; I\u2019m talking about me.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":779,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/779"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theproject.com.au\/myfrenchlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}