(First Published April 12th 2015) I first intended to write about our (bad) experiences with French Civil Services since we settled back in France (ah, French Civil Services …) but this post will wait. In fact, I prefer to start with something positive, a really positive experience since we came back: school. Actually I have a long experience of French schools: my eldest son is currently in 4thgrade so I’ve “experienced” French school since September 2008 (when my son began pre-pre-K at 3). However having been expatriate helps me look at things with a fresh look. Currently I have three children attending neighborhood public schools: one is in 4thgrade, the…

As I mentionned previously, we are about to leave France and settle down in the US, this time permanently. We will live in a university town in a State on the East Coast. Today we have up to 300 days to spend in France before my husband starts to work there in August 2017 7th and our children start school there again (I don’t know the exact time of back-to-school in our futur hometown but I know it’s around the beginning of August). I have decided to write regularly on this blog about different issues dealing with this « big departure », which will obviously confront us with differences and similarities between…