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Resolution No.1: Improve my French for real

January 18th, 2013  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features

Marie Verrey shares her tips with those Grenoble-based expats for whom improving their French features top of their New Year’s resolutions.

Laïcité, faith, and freedom of speech the French way

September 28th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features

Miracle Maid is a Bilingual British Blogger based in the Grésivaudan who writes and rants in French and English. She shares a recent post with Grenoble Life.

Grenoble – an Indian’s view

September 19th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Work & Study

Bhargav Prasanna Swaminathan has come to Grenoble from India to do a Master’s in engineering. He shares his first impressions of life in the Captial of the Alps from an Indian perspective.

5 tips to help your kids integrate into their new French school

September 3rd, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice

Just in time for ‘la rentrée’ French teacher Marie Verrey shares her top tips for newly arrived expats hoping to integrate their children into the French school system.

‘Dumb art’ in Grenoble

May 2nd, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features

Stéphanie Jagou takes us on a photographic tour of Grenoble’s hidden treasures from the ‘Art Nouveau’ movement, otherwise known as ‘dumb art.’

Buying a home in Grenoble? A French mortgage guide

March 23rd, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice, Work & Study

Steven Grover of The Spectrum IFA Group guides us around the basic facts of buying property in France.

A guide to living abroad in Grenoble

February 28th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice, Life & Culture, Work & Study

Grenoble Life editor James Dalrymple reviews Aurelia d’Andrea’s guidebook ‘Moon Living Abroad in France,’ which features, among many other useful insights into all things Gallic, a chapter on the Capital of the Alps.

Bring out your students’ creativity with TESOL France

February 8th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice, Interviews, Work & Study

Christina Rebuffet-Broadus invites local English teachers to participate in TESOL France Grenoble activities ahead of a swap shop on using theatre in the classroom.

Upstage marks 20th anniversary with 39 Steps

January 27th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture

Grenoble Life editor James Dalrymple met with Grenoble’s foremost English theatre group, Upstage, to find out about their 20th anniversary plans. Here is what he has to report.

From the Grenoble Life archives

October 12th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice

Grenoble Life editor James Dalrymple delves into the archives to relive some of the highs and lows of the past few years online in the Capital of the Alps.