Comments on: A Family in Paris https://knifeandforkintheroad.com The nom de blog of Jane Paech Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: The genteel delights of Passy | keirybeesparis https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-17 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:39:29 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-17 […] number of reasons.  Passy is the neighbourhood where Jane Paech lived and wrote about in her book A Family in Paris.  I fell in love with this book at first browse in the bookstore; it’s laugh-out-loud funny in […]

]]> By: janepaech https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-16 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:37:36 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-16 Dear Mairie,
Yes, a sit down lunch with a cheese course certainly can’t compare with a meat pie in a bag!
So glad you enjoyed the book. It sounds like you are already a true Parisophile, even at your tender age.
Next trip I am lucky enough to be staying at a friends’ apartment in Le Marais. Many people have asked me where they should stay in Paris so perhaps I need to write a blog about that.

I hope you get to visit Paris soon.

]]> By: Mairie https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-15 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:25:34 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-15 Hi Jane,
I first read your book a few years ago, and it developed my love of Paris from mild to passionate! I’m only 16 but your writing had a profound impression on me, and I adored your descriptive and eloquent style of writing and cultural tips and anecdotes. (One of my favourite articles was ‘Camembert ou Brie, ma Cherie?’ – it made me wish I was brought up in France, despite the strict schooling!
I’m really glad you are writing another book about Paris, and that you are going back there – I was devastated when you had to leave Paris at the end of the book! I can’t wait until I actually live in Paris, though by now I feel I know more about the city than most of the tourists who have been there. The Ile Saint Louis and 9th arrondissement particularly interest me.
Where are you thinking of staying on your next trip?

Best wishes, Mairie (from Melbourne)

]]> By: Suzanne https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-14 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:57:32 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-14 I am trying my best. Fingers crossed for another visit next year towards the end of spring for a few days in between tours. Of my previous visits I preferred Paris in autumn, but as long as I get there.

]]> By: janepaech https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-13 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 13:09:12 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-13 Hi Laney

Thanks for your kind words; stay tuned for my next book on Paris!
Hmmm…which to choose, Paris, the South of France or Luxembourg. Paris will always win my heart but the little landlocked country of Luxembourg is beautiful too, and so close to many other countries and cultures. Bonne chance!

]]> By: Laney https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-12 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:13:27 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-12 Hi Jane,

Just finished your book as I was feeling home sick for France (weird as I am Irish living in NZ).
Loved your descriptions of Paris and your depiction of daily Parisian life made me giggle – the phrase “That happened to me!” occurred several times!

I spent three months as an au-pair in the 6th and lived in the 13th whilst working as a lectrice at Uni Paris X. However, reading your book made me realise that there is so much of Paris I haven’t seen! Looking forward to going back to there and I plan on using your addresses. However, I think if I decide to live in France (hesitating between there and Luxembourg at the moment), I will live in the South – I like the relaxed life!

I’m now looking forward to reading your blog as I enjoyed your book so much!

Cheers,
Laney

]]> By: janepaech https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-11 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 08:15:11 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-11 Once you have fallen for Paris, no matter what your age, I believe there is no going back! It is a place of beauty, charm, culture and dreams, and as Audrey Hepburn said… ‘Paris is always a good idea.’ I hope you have the opportunity to make more memories in this special city.

]]> By: Suzanne https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-10 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:28:33 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-10 Hi Jane, my daughters gave me A Family in Paris for Christmas two years ago. After my first ever visit to Paris at the ripe young age of 59 I fell in love with the city. I visited again at 65 in summer this time and whilst I preferred autumn there, I just want to keep going back. Your book brought back memories of places visited, gave me reasons to go back and visit other spots and if not then to just keep the memories special and HOPE to go back. Visiting with eyes wide is very different to setting up house there, of that you set out well in your book.

Thank you for putting your memories of your life on paper so we could enjoy the day to day life in a beautiful city. I hope your life is happy now and full of exciting travel.

]]> By: janepaech https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-9 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:24:23 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-9 Hi Christie
I’m glad you enjoyed A Family in Paris. I didn’t realise the depth and richness of material I had collected until well after I had left Paris, so my advice to you is to ‘keep writing’. Document everything, all your thoughts and all the details, because you forget what you think you never will, and it will all be used some day, whether in a book or just as a lovely memoir for your family.

]]> By: Christie https://knifeandforkintheroad.com/a-family-in-paris/#comment-8 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:54:00 +0000 http://knifeandforkintheroad.wordpress.com/?page_id=26#comment-8 Hi Jane,
I am an American living in Melbourne with my Canadian husband and four children. We have been here nearly three years, and I have spent most of my time supporting the family. Lately I have considered turning my blog about our experiences adapting to living in Oz into a book, and when I visited our local bookstore, the staff recommended “A Family in Paris.” I took it home and read it cover to cover, enjoying it immensely. Thanks for allowing the reader a glimpse into those six years of your life, and for offering up a vision of how to make the most of an overseas living experience.

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