Back at it

Howdy! Long time no blog.

I started this blog when I studied abroad in France in 2019 to share what I was up to with people back home. Now in 2022, I’m reviving it for the same purpose, only this time, I am travelling to France as a teacher, not a student.

I accepted a position at Lycée Edouard Herriot, a high school in the heart of Lyon. I am working via a government program called TAPIF which places qualified foreigners as foreign language teachers around the Francophone world. I could have been placed anywhere — Réunion, Martinique, Marseille, etc. It was a total crapshoot. I ended up in Lyon, the gastronomical capital of France (and some argue of all of Europe). I’ll be living a stone’s throw from Michelin-starred restaurants, Revolution-era civil buildings, world-class museums, and a Roman amphitheater.

As you might imagine, rent is sky-high and food ain’t cheap either. So, for the first time ever, I am accepting tips and donations via Stripe, which is connected to this website. In order to justify any tips I receive, I will be holding to a strict schedule of posting at least once a week. You can tip however much or little you think this blogging merits, and at no point will I put anything behind a paywall.

I am going to keep this blog school-friendly, but I am not going to avoid the strange, uncomfortable, or uncouth. I want to present a truthful account of living and working in France. I hope it’s enlightening, or at least entertaining. In the coming weeks I’m going to make some posts about the state-side process so far, which has been a unending hellscape of sound and fury. Shoot me a message if you have any specific questions.

Plane leaves October 25th!