20 Things That Are Just So Odd In France
Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real EstateFriends ask “how’s your life in France.” Yes, it’s very different from my life in the States. Some of the simplest things in France are the most unusual and most complicated.
Here are just a few of the differences.
1
Cemeteries
Cemeteries in France are above the ground
2
Stairs
Narrow
…Continue reading here the other differences that our Barefoot Blogger has discovered between the USA and France
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