by John Elkhoury | Sep 11, 2014 | Life in France, Paris
You don’t fool Parisians when you walk around Paris with a huge camera slung around your neck, consulting your map every five seconds. We know you’re lost, we know you don’t belong. I’ll be honest, tourists are treated differently in Paris –...
by John Elkhoury | Aug 17, 2014 | Blog
Salut FrenchCrazyites! Greetings from New York & Montrėal! I’ll be rolling out some new articles soon considering my layover is about 6 hours long. My hiatus was due to studying for a chemistry final as well as preparing to go to France. Today I’m on...
by John Elkhoury | Jul 21, 2014 | Learning French
The advantages of bilingualism spans beyond the ability to speak another language; most people fail to see this. Bialystok found that older bilinguals living in Canada were able to stave off the onset of dementia for 4.1 years. 4.1 years! Essentially, bilinguals are...
by John Elkhoury | Jun 12, 2014 | Life in France
The best way to practice your French and experience French culture is to venture abroad and see the beautiful country in person. However I’ve heard of people who spent THOUSANDS to visit France for a meager 7 to 10 day period. Ridiculous. Here’s how to...
by John Elkhoury | May 29, 2014 | French Culture
Here are the top 10 French movies you must see at least once. All the movies are in French but subtitled versions exist if needed. Let’s kickstart our list with #10 and move down the line from there. Here is a YouTube playlist with all of the trailers, in order....
