24 Feb Ask an Au Pair: Colleen offers lots of ideas for improving your French language skills
What inspires you about Paris?
The history, food, fashion, art…
What is the best way to meet Parisians?
By dating one or by finding a common interest like your industry.
How do you improve or master your French language skills?
Dating someone French, watch movies on Netflix with French subtitles, go to class, do lots of external research, rewrite your notes, download the app conjugaison, practice everyday, make friends that speak French, always order in French even if they speak English to you.
What is your favorite neighborhood?
Montmartre. le Marais, Bastille
What Can you describe a best meal you’ve had in Paris?
Pizza at Presto Fresco, dinner at Capucine in the 12th.
A favorite bar or café?
Cafe Oberkampf for coffee, Sherry Butt for cocktails.
Favorite shop?
BHV
A favorite museum?
Musée de l’Orangerie
What is your favorite secret Paris spot?
Parc Monceau in the 17th, jardin du Palais Royal.
What do you dislike most about living in Paris?
Tourist season and the French government takes forever to process paperwork.
What advice would you give to incoming au pairs?
Travel as much as you can! Pick something you want to focus on in Paris to visit a lot, for example I love coffee, cocktails and vintage clothes. So I spend a ton of time researching new cocktail bars or new coffee shops and vintage stores and I try to visit one a week!
ASK AN AU PAIR SERIES
Get to know Paris, from an au pair’s perspective. Our “Ask an Au Pair” series was so popular that we’ve decided to continue it with our next round of au pairs! We pose a dozen questions about the City of Light to those who are seeing it with fresh eyes and learning all of its wonderful intricacies. And, we decided to expand this series by adding a question about adapting to life in Paris after the 2015 terrorist attacks.