What the life of a real Emily is REALLY like in Paris

What life as a budding Parisian REALLY looks like: HATTIE CRISELL reveals how she mastered the job from the French capital class="author-section byline-plain">By Hattie Crisell For You Magazine

The great thing about lasting love is that even after you've settled into a stable and predictable relationship, the one you adore can always surprise you with a new side of themselves.

That's how it is with my great love Paris, which is - after decades of filling my wine, stuffing myself with camembert and blowing cigarette smoke in my face - about to reveal his sporty side.

I grew up in Newcastle - our Riviera being Whitley Bay - and the As a teenager, I was a romantic angst, desperate to be sophisticated. It is therefore not surprising that I fell for France. During my first trip to Paris at the age of 18, I discovered the second-hand book stalls that line the Seine.

J was suddenly so enamored with the idea of ​​myself as an intellectual that I bought The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir in French. I still have it, and I still haven't read a page.

Twenty-two years later, I'm at peace with not to be a deep thinker - but I'm still obsessed with Pazza, as my British peeps there call it.

Make mine Montmartre: was it better to enjoy the capital's famous café society?

I live in London, but I can work from anywhere, so for the past few years I have...

What the life of a real Emily is REALLY like in Paris
What life as a budding Parisian REALLY looks like: HATTIE CRISELL reveals how she mastered the job from the French capital class="author-section byline-plain">By Hattie Crisell For You Magazine

The great thing about lasting love is that even after you've settled into a stable and predictable relationship, the one you adore can always surprise you with a new side of themselves.

That's how it is with my great love Paris, which is - after decades of filling my wine, stuffing myself with camembert and blowing cigarette smoke in my face - about to reveal his sporty side.

I grew up in Newcastle - our Riviera being Whitley Bay - and the As a teenager, I was a romantic angst, desperate to be sophisticated. It is therefore not surprising that I fell for France. During my first trip to Paris at the age of 18, I discovered the second-hand book stalls that line the Seine.

J was suddenly so enamored with the idea of ​​myself as an intellectual that I bought The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir in French. I still have it, and I still haven't read a page.

Twenty-two years later, I'm at peace with not to be a deep thinker - but I'm still obsessed with Pazza, as my British peeps there call it.

Make mine Montmartre: was it better to enjoy the capital's famous café society?

I live in London, but I can work from anywhere, so for the past few years I have...

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