The Frog Blog: A Frenchman Moves from France to Australia

• The Melbourne Cup: The Frenchman Who Can't Cope with the Cup 8 years ago My French husband Maxime chose a classic Aussie moment - the middle of a BBQ lunch on day of the 2016 AFL Grand Final - to say the following:'Australians have no culture.'I looked at my friend Marisa, of Italian heritage. Years ago, she had said exactly the same thing, sparking an angry argument...
• What Do the French Think of Australia's Top Restaurants? 9 years ago My French in-laws were in Melbourne recently. As a birthday present, we got them a voucher for Attica, Australia's top resto.We got them this because on their last visit to Oz they hadn't known where to go for good food.(And being French, of course, sourcing good food was priority number one!)....
• Cricket World Cup 2015: Is Cricket Really French? 9 years ago Married to a Frenchman, I was unable to spend the day of the Cricket World Cup final as I would have liked – i.e., eyes glued to telly, beer glued to hand. Instead, I was required to participate in a 6 hour lunch and consume my share of 7 bottles of French wine with another French expat and his...
• What Happens When You Transplant a Frenchman into Australia for Christmas? Christmas Conflicts 9 years ago A few years ago, my French husband Maxime and I were set to travel back to Australia for Christmas, as we did every other year. We had one last lunch with French friends before the flight. They were curious to know what an Australian Christmas was like.‘And the family in Australia … do you fit...
• The Victorian State Election: As Seen By a Frog 9 years ago My French husband Maxime is in self-imposed political exile.Well, sort of. At any rate, when we lived in France, he announced to friends that if it came down to Hollande versus Sarkozy in the second round of voting for president in 2012, he would emigrate to Australia. And so … he emigrated to...

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