Catégorie : Lifestyle
How to Create a 50-30-20 Budget (Free Excel Template)
I started using the 50-30-20 budgeting method in 2011 when I began working full time in Paris. After looking on the internet, I created a very simple Excel document to help me manage my finance. Since then, my life and needs have evolved and I wanted to read Elizabeth Warren’s book, the creator of this…
Au Paradis des Fraises : Picking Your Own Delicious Stawberries
As the confinement softened, my mother invited us to go strawberry picking. When I asked my husband if he was interested in coming, he replied, “What, is it legal to do this?” He did not know of this relatively popular activity in Quebec, which consists of picking fruit directly from the producer’s fields and paying…
Expat: What I Miss from Canada
To celebrate Canada Day, La Presse (a Montreal newspaper) asked Canadians expatriates to send a list of things they were missing the most from our country. I answered, but my text was not published as the journalist was overwhelmed with contributions (see article in French)! That gave me the opportunity to publish it here on Sur…
How to Survive Summer with a Sun Allergy
Ever since I’ve moved to France, I have developed an allergy to the sun. It means that my body reacts adversely to the sun with itchy rashes erupting on my arms, neck and even sometimes on my face. The real name of this condition is “polymorphous light eruption”, but it is easier to get the point across when…
Weekends in Paris: the joys of idleness
Two million two hundred forty thousand six hundred twenty-one Parisians share a territory of 105.4 square kilometers, the equivalent of the entire population of Montreal regrouped in the eastern part of the city between Pie IX Boulevard and the tip from the island. Already very dense, Paris welcomes every day millions of people coming to work, study…
Happy tenth birthday to the 2seconds tent
When I learned about the tenth anniversary of the 2seconds tent, I immediately accepted the invitation. To celebrate in an original fashion, Quechua had installed a rooftop camping suspended over the city of Paris. From the seventh-floor, I ate hors d’oeuvre and marvelled at the Parisian skyline while standing in the grass … very unusual!…
