Following on from my getting married in Paris post, here's what I learnt 18 months later - ten things about being pregnant in Paris. 1. French babies bake for longer in the ovenThe French calculate 41 weeks as full term compared to 40 weeks in other countries like Australia where I'm from. I'm not sure why there is this variation of one week between country to country because I assume human babies follow similar gestational periods across borders right..? It...

For the first time in my life, I was able to witness a breathtakingly snowy Montmartre last week. Snowy Winters aren't that much of a regular occurrence in Paris and even then, you need all these other stars to align in order to be in the right place at the right time. Not being snowed in, not having to go to work, not having to be anywhere and of course being able to get there before the snow turns into grey sludge are all elements to consider. Hence why I haven't had this...

For the first time in 30 years, Paris welcomed its heaviest snowfall this week - a whopping 15cm! It might not be a lot for some, but for someone from Australia, this is the equivalent to an avalanche. A beautifully magical, surreal avalanche of the top things I love in life. PARIS (obviously) and SNOOOOOOWWWW..!!! (if only my baby was with me on this walk, and my Mum, oh and Frenchie haha). Frenchie doesn't share the same level of extreme intense excitement as I do when it comes to snow....

If there is one quintessentially Parisian exhibition to see this year, it is <Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve>. Currently on show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs down the road from the Louvre, the exhibition is open until the 7th of January 2018.To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the House of Dior, the exhibition puts together over 300 Dior haute couture creations, accessories and objects throughout the years on display. You will be taken on a journey through Christian Dior's...

Hey it's okay..1. To ask for directions, then not understand the answer but nod along anyway.2. To proudly execute your perfectly mastered phrase : "ça coûte combien..?" only to completely blank out when given the answer.3. To question the person who invented French numbers above 70 - seriously what's with the sudden switch to sixty-ten..? We were doing so well there..4. That hearing the number 99 gives you a mathematical headache. Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf, 4 by 20 plus 10 plus 9..?? WHY?5. That...

Following on from A Wedding in Paris, Frenchie and I made a quick trip back to Adelaide, Australia where I'm originally from to meet my extended family and friends. It was a nice chance for him to see the city where I was born and grew up and also to kind of prove that he actually existed all these years while I was living overseas ;) As with many intercultural and interracial relationships, the balancing act is often played out like a playground see-saw and ours was no exception. We...