LIFE LESSONS/INSPIRATION
Further Reflections on Living as an Expat in Paris
Living as an American Expat in Paris in the early aughts was the experience of a lifetime
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6 min readMar 27, 2021
“Our homes are not defined by geography or one particular location, but by memories, events, people, and places that span the globe.” — Marilyn Gardner
Living as an American expatriate in Paris in the early aughts seems like a lifetime ago. It was our first posting overseas, so although we felt some trepidation about the move, we tried to approach it with a spirit of adventure.
After all, the posting would be for a couple of years at most, and we would be back in the States before we knew it.
Parisian Apartment
We were lucky to rent a huge modern five-room unfurnished luxury apartment in western Paris’s chic 16th arrondissement (district).
The apartment was on the first floor of a mid-20th-century building with a caretaker, a small elevator, a…
