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Hi, I'm Kristin. I'm a content creator teaching English in southern France. I'm all about exploring new places, practicing my French and sharing blogging tips. Allez-viens!

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✨Since I started taking French in high school, I

✨Since I started taking French in high school, I dreamed of being in France and traveling all over Europe. In high school, I took a class trip to Europe, and during college, I spent a summer in Toulouse and studied abroad in several countries during winter break.

✈️All that to say, I have an insatiable wanderlust, especially for France, and my dreams to return came true when I accepted a position to teach English in France.

✏️With the teaching assistant salary being so meager at around 800 euros per month, I knew I’d want to save up big time so that I could enjoy my time as much as possible. I saved up $7,000 to travel Europe and wrote a blog post with 19 different ways I was able to put aside these thousands of dollars.

Bop over to link in bio for my favorite tools, travel hacks and money-saving ideas to make your travel dreams a reality😍

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Avignon, you have my heart and my appetite😋🍫

Avignon, you have my heart and my appetite😋🍫🍦

If you’re not in the know, ice cream is one of the main food groups, and I am the expert of all things ice cream. My friend Mallory, who lived in Avignon for a year, recommended @la_princiere and naturally, it was at the top of my itinerary because ice cream, y’all.

This spot is located in a darling, shaded square and is the perfect place to unwind. When we arrived to La Princière, I noticed two magical words: sans gluten. I have a gluten intolerance that is rather ~penible~ to manage while living abroad (but not impossible).

But at La Princière, they serve up gluten-free waffles, and I ordered one covered in chocolate syrup, chantilly and a scoop of ice cream. They have a full dessert menu to suit your fancy, and you absolutely must stop here.

For more Avignon food + activity recs, bop over to link in bio❣️

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Expat life lesson 4️⃣ *Stop pretending to be s

Expat life lesson 4️⃣ *Stop pretending to be someone you’re not.*

🌻Being the social butterfly that I am, I thrived during my years at the University of Missouri. I joined a sorority, served as a leader in my campus ministry, worked for the campus publications, and always had a coffee date planned. Sure, I had a lot of friends, but I never felt like I perfectly fit into one social group.

😔It may not have seemed like it from the outside, but I struggled deeply with loneliness throughout my college years. I had a wide range of niches, but I never felt like I totally belonged.

⚖️I felt homeless, socially speaking. I teeter-tottered in between being confident in my interests and then wanting to be someone I wasn’t.

💟I wanted to spend hours working on my blog at a cafe. I wanted to plan the most elaborate Halloween party or Jonas Brothers Reunion party — both true stories.

🍸I wanted to sip on a French 75 at a European pub. I wanted to watch films from the French New Wave era, and I wanted to prepare the most exquisite charcuterie board.

❌I didn’t feel like a normal college girl.

🏡But here’s the ironic thing: when I moved far away and was 10/10 the odd one out in every category, I felt at home in my skin.

👽In southern France, my blonde hair sticks out, my gluten intolerance is virtually an alien characteristic, my accent announces to the world that I’m a foreigner. On paper, I do not fit in whatsoever, but once I could no longer avoid my differences, I learned to accept them.

💗I’ve found people who appreciate me and my quirks as is, and no matter what continent you’re on, that’s what it’s about. One year later, I cherish this expat life lesson of celebrating my differences and being myself.

For more expat life lessons and what I've been doing the past year, peep my latest blog post❣️

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Expat life lesson 3️⃣*I am weak.* 👭And I d

Expat life lesson 3️⃣*I am weak.*

👭And I desperately need other people. The smallest interactions abroad can reduce me to tears: a phone call with a disgruntled employee at la préfecture, sass from a restaurant employee who thinks gluten intolerance is pure ridicule, feelings of being misunderstood and like an outsider.

🙃Expat life will expose your rawest, most vunerable self because all familiarity and security has been stripped off your back. And all that’s left is you. Nobody knows who you are, nobody completely understands where you come from.

💥Unknown and exposed.

🏠And these are tough, painful feelings to wrestle with as you’re thousands of miles from home. I am grateful for supportive family and friends who continue to invest in me via FaceTime calls, postcards, texts and memes.

💞I am grateful for online counseling where I can be fed spiritually and emotionally. One of the expat life lessons I’ve learned is a reminder of my vunerability and weakness and my need and divine design to be in relationship.

For more expat life lessons and what I've been doing the past year, peep my latest blog post❣️

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(Ad) Working with a view? Heck yes✨ I’ve had

(Ad) Working with a view? Heck yes✨

I’ve had the privilege of launching the English language content section of @ichtus_magazine, a lifestyle + culture + spirituality magazine, over the past few months.

And just last week, we started working at @nowcoworking and let me tell you: it’s amazing to draft magazine articles with a view of the Vieux Port while sitting on swanky furniture and drinking free coffee☕️

So excited to continue growing this magazine with @ichtus_angelique and @unmediterraneen 🤩🤩 all at @nowcoworking with Marseille💯

#startup #startupgrowth #startupbusiness #startuplife #startuplifestyle #marseille #vieuxportmarseille #vieuxport #marseillelovers #marseillebébé #marseilletourisme #coworkingmarseille #marseillecoworking #nowcoworking #nowcoworkingmarseille #expatlife #expat #expatrié #expaterlife #expatlifestyle #expatliving #expatblogger #magazine

Expat life lesson 2️⃣*Struggle doesn’t mean

Expat life lesson 2️⃣*Struggle doesn’t mean failure.*

❌One month after moving to France, the government announced another confinement. We were allowed outside for exercise for one hour per day but within a 1-km radius of our home. We had to fill out an attestation each time we left the house, and it had to be under one of the permitted reasons to leave. There was a 6 p.m. curfew.

⚠️Restaurants were closed for both indoor and outdoor seating. Museums, churches and non-essential stores closed.

😑And I was depressed and lonely. I barely had proper time to make friends once arriving in France. And those months of confinement, which were also my first months abroad, were extremely difficult.

💔I felt lost and so unsure of everything. I even thought about quitting my program and moving back to the States.

🚪But I couldn’t get over the fact that God had opened every last door for me to move to France during a pandemic. It didn’t feel right to throw in the towel so soon. Those first few months of life abroad were a struggle, but the act of struggle or suffering doesn’t mean failure; it means growth.

As painful and lonely as it was at times, I reminded myself that Covid touched every corner of the world. I could just as easily be miserable in the States, but at least in Marseille, I had a sea view.

🌻One of the biggest expat life lessons I’ve learned is that struggle serves a bigger purpose. Those months grew me in grit and perseverance, the ability to be alone and depend on God. I’m awfully glad I didn’t leave before I had the time to blossom.

For more expat life lessons and what I've been doing the past year, peep my latest blog post❣️

#expatliving #expatlifestyle #expat #expats #expatgirl #expatblog #expatliving #expatwoman #expatblogger #marseille #cassis #cassisfrance #calanques #calanque #envau #calanquedenvau #emotional #moody #pms #authentic #realandraw #honest #confession #confessiontime #travelgram #bloggersunder2k #entrepreneur

✏️In my AP European History class, I first lea

✏️In my AP European History class, I first learned about Avignon, France, a town in southern France that once served as the papal residence.

📖But I closed my history book, passed the AP exam (with a 4!) and moved on with my life.

But last year, I moved to Marseille and have been itching to explore more of France. With an impressive train system, France is easily traveled by rail, and I was curious about this town that I had learned about in my history book 7 years ago.

🚅So I took the 1-hour train from Marseille to Avignon and explored all this charming town of about 100,000 inhabitants had to offer.

🏰I explored the formal papal residence dating back to the 1300s at @avignonpalaisdespapes

🍦I ate a gluten-free waffle topped with chantilly and ice cream at @la_princiere

☕I sipped on an iced latte on a comfy couch at @cafe_tulipe_avignon

And I just published a city guide for your next trip to Avignon. Link in bio🌟

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