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20 Things That Are Just So Odd In France

Barefoot Blogger · Expat Living and Real Estate

Friends 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.

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Cemeteries

Cemeteries in France are above the ground

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Stairs

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…Continue reading here the other differences that our Barefoot Blogger has discovered between the USA and France

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Deborah Bine

The Barefoot Blogger, aka Deborah Bine, loves to share tales of her solo life in France as an American expat who speaks no French. Retired from a career in advertising and marketing communications, and divorced after a 40-year marriage with children, Deborah left Beaufort, South Carolina and all of her belongings last year to move to the south of France. Now that she has found her "bliss," her passion is to encourage others to break away from whatever is holding them back and to go after their dreams. "We're on life's journey alone. Be certain you love where you are."

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