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  • Shelves of pottery at Biscuit Atelier.
    Life in France

    Best Pottery Painting in Paris: We Tested Biscuit Atelier

    There’s so much more to Paris than its most popular tourist attractions, and as Americans living in France, we love finding new things to see and do in the city of light. Two weeks ago, we signed up for a…

    By Jalen & Maria July 5, 2023
  • Parisian buildings against a clear, blue, summer sky in Paris, France.
    Personal

    The Truth About Not Turning Our Hobby Into a Job

    In 2019, just before we moved to France for the first time, Maria and I started making content together as The Francofile. Nearly four years later, the three motivations we listed in our very first YouTube video for sharing our…

    By Jalen & Maria June 28, 2023
  • Flowers climbing a post on the side of a building in Palaiseau, France.
    Learn French

    We Stopped Studying French: What Happens After Excellent Language Mastery

    Maria began learning French in an American high school classroom at 14 years old, and my French-language journey began just after my 18th birthday. It’s been nearly a decade since Maria introduced me to le français, and four years since…

    By Jalen & Maria June 21, 2023
  • Jalen and Maria pose in front of Parisian buildings and the Eiffel Tower.
    Life in France

    Commonly Misused Foreigner-in-France Terms You Need to Keep Straight

    As Americans in France who share the ins and outs of our life abroad online, Jalen and I know that our audience looks to us for reliable information. However, our followers are also tuning in to other content creators who…

    By Jalen & Maria June 14, 2023
  • The Théâtre BO Saint-Martin in Paris, France.
    Life in France

    Sarah Donnelly’s “The Only American in Paris” Review: Unparalleled Comedy

    Last Saturday, after spending the afternoon in Paris, Jalen and I headed to the Théâtre BO Saint Martin to do something we’ve never done before in France: see a comedy show! From the second we started following stand-up comedian Sarah…

    By Jalen & Maria May 24, 2023
  • Jalen shows a Memrise graphic on his phone.
    Learn French

    Learning Languages with a GPT-3 Chatbot: Exciting Artificial Intelligence

    Recently, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed and happened upon a tweet from Memrise, a language learning app, that made a bold claim. Apparently, practicing a language with a GPT-3 chatbot is better than doing so with a human!…

    By Jalen & Maria May 17, 2023
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