Lantern Notes

When in Paris, do as the Parisiens do My first solo move abroad came at 24, during my university years. I spent a year in Paris, completing a professional traineeship for my — surprise! — tourism management degree. Those months opened a wide window onto the world. Working in an office, in Paris, in another Continue reading

How many homes? I started moving early, from town to town, between cities and the countryside. Later, we even crossed an ocean and spent nearly seven years in a country that still holds half my heart. The warmth, the openness, the true zest for life we found there… it lingers in me still. All those Continue reading

Another unexpected country on our horizon. Until recently, it was just a name on a map… now we know it’s real. And beautiful. In a few short weeks, my husband, the father of our three children, will begin a new chapter in a country we’ve visited only once. A short two-day trip for his job Continue reading

Some collect souvenirs. I collect places I call home: twelve towns in five countries so far, across two continents. I spent half my childhood in the Americas, the other half in Europe. As an adult, I have made homes in four lands already, always staying long enough to settle in. France in my twenties. Germany Continue reading

I wouldn’t call my life particularly adventurous. On the contrary, I followed a steady, traditional path. One step at a time: I graduated, started working, got married, and became a mother of three. But take a closer look, and it’s not as ordinary as it first seems. Lean in, and it begins to tell another Continue reading