Emily Monaco
I am an American living abroad and have been for years... I left home at fourteen to explore the world, and my parents are still waiting for me to come back. I love languages, cooking and meeting other people with stranger stories than mine. And, of course, I love to write. Check out my travel blog (linked below) or my food blog : tomatokumato.com for tales from the road!
School: American University of Paris
Abroad Program: American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)
Where I've Lived Abroad: San Francisco, United States - New York, United States - Toronto, Canada - Mouvaux, France - Paris, France - Royan, France - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Andover, United States - Cannes, France
Stories
France
Benoît’s Master Plan: Fatten Up The Foreigner
“Emily, would you fill the bottles, please?” I take the two glass carafes to the sink to fill them with water. It feels like a strange sort of dream, d ... read more
13 Mar 2008
Insider Tips
France
A crash course in Verlan
"Mais c'est reloud! La meuf a annulé la teuf. Je suis trop vénère." Even if you've taken French before, this sentence may be incomprehensible. Don't worry, you ... read more
23 Mar 2009
France
Registres de Langues: How to Be Really Impolite and Not Even Notice
In French, "registres de langue" are sets of synonyms that are selected in conversation based upon the status of the other person. If you're talking to a teacher, you ... read more
