Expat life

What are the new habits, the new lifestyle I have to deal with now that I left France to the United States?

I’ve been to a spinning class

A friend asks me to go with her to a spinning class. I hesitate, think NO but say YES. I haven’t any idea about spinning, I don’t even know this word, but I say YES

Night’s game and America’s Test Kitchen

My conversation partner invited us for a “night’s game”. She had also invited a friend who is a chef for a cookbook publisher. I love the coincidence (that was my job in Paris). Before accepting her invitation, I asked what would be the

I have a conversation partner

I need to improve my English. So I wrote an ad, I let it at the French cultural center and wait for people interesting in meeting me to talk in French, and in English. And it

Being a post-doc at Boston University

Warning. This post may content very geeky stuff. Words “prefrontal cortex” and “robot-rat” have been censored. What do we know about the world of research? Not much, even if you have read  David Lodge books. We

Do you have plan for today ?

That’s an usual question that people ask me… but I don’t really know what to say, I’m still trying to figure out what I want do in this country. Let me some time…

I went to a boxing club

Manu was in a boxing club in Paris. When we arrived in Boston, he tried to find a new club, and took me with him to try this gym.

Football // 2012 Super Bowl

We watched the Super Bowl in a bar, without really understanding the rules of the game though…

Almost bilingual?

I stammer, I doubt, I don’t know what to say. Well, it’s still pretty hard to understand and be understood. And when it comes to interact with people, I start sweating. I need to improve

Cooking at home

We are settle in Boston for about 2 weeks, and we are still exploring our neighborhood to find nice restaurants.

How to meet new people when you live abroad

It’s not easy to meet new people when you’re an expat. I tried an easy method to start with, I went to a French association of exat in Boston. We’ve got a rendez-vous at the Museum of