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19/04/2011Vote for Expatica France best blog 2010/2011

Vote for Expatica France best blog 2010/2011 We've narrowed down the nominees to three of our most popular articles over the last year. Vote for your favourite!

We editors at Expatica love reading the blogs you expats write, and we get a real kick out of sharing them with the Expatica community. This week, we're celebrating our Blogs & Photos channel and would like to invite you to give our bloggers some special attention.

We've shortlisted the top three blog posts from Expatica France and would like you, the readers, to vote for your favourite. Read below for the top three posts from France published within the last year, then vote for your favourite by CLICKING HERE

Make sure to voice your opinion before midnight on 10 May, 2011. Thanks and we look forward to finding out who your winners are. Now, let's get voting!

Kissing à la française
One kiss, two kiss, three kiss, four? Former expat Maria Foley describes the five W's of French kissing culture.
"The first time I moved to France, as a teenager, I was blissfully unaware of the seismic cultural shifts that were in store for me. Life in Caen took a lot of getting used to -- and I'm not just talking about the language issues..."

Entente cordiale: Five things to avoid saying in French
Notice weird looks while speaking French? It may be because you've just said, "I feel randy" while you really mean to say you are feeling warm.
"Translating literally from English to French is always dangerous. Many French words change their meaning depending on how they are used or which verbs they are used with...Here are some common faux pas."

Lost in Cheeseland: Torn between two homes
Lost in Cheeseland blogger writes about coping with detachment from her home in the United States -- a stage expats experience in reverse culture shock.
"I've often talked about my feelings of internal conflict as a result of my choices. The life of an expat is inherently ridden with conflicting emotions -- a passion for the foreign, exotic, unfamiliar and a wistful longing for home or what used to be perceived as home..." 


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