There are many ways to learn a language. It can be a strictly academic pursuit involving years in school studying verb conjugations; it can involve a combination of years of study followed by a stint abroad; or, without any formal […]
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May in Montpellier: The “Joys” of the Slow Life
What do you think of when you hear the phrase ‘living the slow life’? If you are from the US, you may have a number of reactions, from ‘Yes, please!’ to ‘That sounds pretty boring!’ to ‘I can’t even slow […]
April in Montpellier: The Cactus, the Plague, and the Dumpster Fire
I’m still behind on my blog, but I’ll start off with a recent Nate-story related to a health scare I experienced a few days ago since it fits in with the subject matter of this post. I don’t have anything […]
March in Montpellier: The Epic Adventure
I was really on top of blogging our adventures in January and February. And then I kind of fell off the blogging wagon until publishing this post last week. When I recently shared our blog with a friend and sheepishly […]
Getting around Montpellier ‘sans voiture’ (without a car)
Bonjour, mes amis! It’s been too long. Last you heard from me, I was struggling with the French language so much so that I was told that I ‘speak French like Donald Trump’. Guessing that is a put-down! We’re now […]
February in Montpellier: A Month of ‘un petit peu’
One of the worst things about not comprehending the language in the place you reside is not knowing when someone is yelling at you. ‘But Nate,’ you might say, ‘Is that really a problem? People don’t just randomly yell at […]
January in Montpellier: A Series of Interesting Guesses
“But that’s the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don’t want to know what people are talking about. I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in […]
A Year in…Languedoc-Roussillon?
2018 was admittedly lacking in Joy Adventuring posts. Don’t get me wrong, Terra and I certainly had some adventures. We logged 6,000 miles on two cross-country road trips, one of which was highlighted in this post. We took our remote […]
If ‘Bliss’ is a Place, We Found It
By now, you (my faithful reader) probably realize that we are no longer travelling through the Land of Enchantment – or Europe, as it’s most commonly known. What have we been up to since then? You really didn’t have to […]
Ill Abroad: My Journey Through the French Health System
When we think of travelling the world for lengthy periods of time, we often think of the glamorous aspects. The culture. The food. The people. New experiences. But what about the “hard as a rock” bed, or the perfect restaurant […]