U.S. holidays

Forget about crêpes celebration and Bastille Day: in the United States I have to celebrate Halloween, Thanksgiving, 4th of July and Superbowl…

(video) Friensgiving

Our family here in Boston are our friends, and the friends of our friends. Instead of doing a regular Thanksgiving, we’ve celebrated Friends-giving.

Halloween!

Halloween doesn’t mean much from us coming from France where it’s not celebrated. This year, it was our third Halloween, and we were basically at like 3-year-old kids. We prepared our costumes way in advance,

Saint Patrick’s Day in South Boston

Saint Patrick’s Day is a big thing here in Boston, where everyone finds that he or she  has deep Irish roots. It’s even more true in South Boston, Southie. We were invited to a brunch with

Christmas spirit in Boston

Here are some pictures we took this last weekend. Friends were visiting us, so we took them on a tour through Back Bay, Beacon Hill and the South End – we let them do the

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is one of the most important holiday here in the US. I’ve never celebrated it in France where it’s just an ordinary day. We haven’t planned anything for this long weekend since this holiday

Halloween is a real deal

Halloween is getting closer! Some houses are already decorated. I found this one in the South End, in Boston.

The United States in 1620 // Welcome to Plymouth

We hear sometimes jokes about the fact that the US don’t have history: “this country is too young!”. But the first settlers came here in 1620 and even if the US were historically born after

Snap shot #1

The day was so hot yesterday that we couldn’t do anything. Around 9.30 pm we seated on the Esplanade to watch the fireworks above the Charles River, in Boston. After that, the air was till

3 days in the Florida Keys

We bought the tickets to fly to Florida, and only after that we wondered what we could do there. Stay on the beach? Not our style. So we started reading guides, and the name “Keys”

Christmas Spirit

It’s our first Christmas in the United States. We decided a long time ago to not coming back to France – too expensive, not enough time and pretty complicated since our families lived in different