Weekend in Paris #1
My new flat, getting set up for success, and quelling new-expat anxiety.
Weekend in Paris is a bonus series for paid subscribers—it’s one part recap of my off-duty fun as a baking school student, one part dishing about (temporary) expat life. Bienvenue!
After I’d dragged my suitcases up the narrow, winding hallway to my new home base, I had three and a half days to get situated in France before school started.
So my first order of business wasn’t sightseeing (I still haven’t seen the Eiffel Tower from the ground) or eating my weight in macarons, but rather setting up an entire new life in a foreign language.
As you might imagine, I was more than a bit intimidated!
In today’s letter—my first Sunday bonus for paid subscribers this season—you’ll read about what that process looked like:
🏠 Opening the door to my new Parisian flat,
🛠️ Everything else I’ve done to get set up for success,
🍇 The French grocery store finds that made do a double-take, and
😬 My hard-won tips and tricks for quelling new-expat anxiety.
