Social Culture

One of the best things about moving to France is the younger drinking age. I am legally allowed to purchase and drink alcoholic beverages. It is SO cool. Coming from the U.S. where the drinking age is 21 and very strongly enforced, it’s been so awesome to get to drink Continue Reading

Obviously French and American fashion trends are incredibly different just like any two countries really. But, I noticed it especially because when I moved all of my clothes were very California surfer style which were strange over there. Also everything I had was way too cold for the weather there. Continue Reading

One thing that is crazy different in France vs. America are the cars. In America usually if you are stuck at a stop light you won’t see two of the same cars. They might be the same brand but the chance that they are the same brand, the same model, Continue Reading

Around Christmas time I put up some questions on my instagram story regarding my friends opinions on France. I thought after hearing a French person’s opinion on America you might want to hear the opposite opinion, that of American’s who have not been to France yet. What do you think Continue Reading

I don’t know if any of you have ever fallen into the trap of the “student discount” in America, but I know I have. You know, the one’s that you think are discounts but they’re really just scams that suck you into paying for something that you never would have Continue Reading

One of the things that I knew would change the most when I came to France was the partying. The reason I knew it would change a lot is because the drinking age is 18 and the culture is so different. Though it is pretty cool, since I’ve been here Continue Reading

Léo is my friend from class and he is coming to live in Torrance with my family and I for the months of January and February 2019 in order for him and I to complete our volunteer mission for school and for Léo to visit So Cal. He has never Continue Reading

Alright so what’s dating like? There are still the players, the sweet guys, the funny guys, the athletes and other different types of guys but the differences lie in how the dating actually occurs. This article comes in the form of a story. I have only almost dated one person Continue Reading

If you ask anyone from California (and most parts of the U.S.) their opinion on cigarettes, most will tell you that they are bad, pointless and if you smoke them you will die of cancer. And yes they are bad, I’m not defending them. But before moving to France my Continue Reading