Curators of France

Who’s Jean-Marie?

Bonjour les amis,

I am Jean-Marie (btw, it’s a boy’s name). 45 years old, almost married.

Born in Cambodia, lived in Vietnam and Cameroon, I live and work in Paris, in the fields of travel insurance and social medias.

I learned to read and write english with role playing games and I enjoy sci-fi.

During my stay here @WeareFrance, we will speak about parisian life, how to speak to frenchies, and many other subjects.

Did you know that France is the top destination of world tourism ? Well, hope you be one of them one day ^^

Feel free to ask, I will always try to help out.

Welcome in our City of Lights, welcome in France !

— To all, sorry for the (very) delayed post. I’ve been lacking of internet for a couple of weeks, making the management of the account impossible. Sorry for being in limbo for so long. We would like to thank Jean-Marie for keeping the account alive in the meantime. –Pierre

Who’s Loïc?

Hej everyone,

The name’s Loïc and the ususal @ is @KienLang, nice to meet you all. This might seem complicated to pronounce, but it’s actually rather simple : it goes like “low-eek”.

I’m a 21 yo student and at the moment, I live in the parisian suburb. However, I’m definitely not from there, I’m from Brittany (the west and best part of France). I’m finishing my engineering studies with an internship in the cosmetic industry. That’s it for the boring part.

I should tell you a bit about what I’m gonna tweet about this week (25 feb -  3 mar), so here it is. I’m probably gonna tweet about music a lot, I’m a big listener (I also write for @Voluume in French), about books a lot too, maybe about French politics even if I’m not really the best source about all that, and about the news. I guess that’s it, I shoul also add that I have the damn habit to be pretty sarcastic. Just so you know.

If you have any question about anything, don’t hesitate at all, I’ll be pleased to do my best to anwer!

Loïc

Who’s Martin?

Bonjour à toutes et à tous!!! 

I am Martin, a 23 years old student in Paris! I’m originated from Angers, 300 km west from Paris. I came to Paris to study with my girlfriend, so we can live now in the same place, after three years relation <3!

She is studying wood working and design, and I’m studying sustainable development, quality and audit in Master II. I’m currently looking for a company for my internship. 

So my hobbies (and probable topics for the week !) are news, environment, food, photography, a bit of music, horse riding, a bit computers and games… 

And of course, I will be pleased to answer the most possible question you will ask!!!

Thanks a lot, I hope you will enjoy my time here, I think I will :-)

Martin

Who’s Sarah?

G’day all !

My name is Sarah but you can call me Sarah. Or “HEY YOU” or whatever. Due to my name sometimes sounding like “ça va” in French in the mouth of people with poor pronounciation, I always have the feeling someone is asking me something anyway.

I’m 27, not married, not a mom, and living the high life in Paris, France. I’m not originally from here, but I’m from Brittany, which, despite NOT being the same thing, makes me French anyway. 

I work as a freelancer journalist, mostly for a channel called France24, but as every freelancer, I’ll just take any work that comes in.

Things are alright though, and I have this luxury of worrying about other things than “how am I going to pay my rent ?”. Things like “Who will get my next beer ?”. I haven’t had to resort to scrubbing toilets for a living so far. Which is good. Probably.

Since the end of the world is coming soon, I’ve decided to try to save it, or at least make it better for the time that is left, by writing loads of nonsense on twitter. My usual account is @SarahCorde, where I actively let everybody who doesn’t care know about everything I believe I have a good word about. I think it’s funny, they probably think I’m crazy.

Long story short, I will be your hostess this week, and my mission if I accept it, is to reboot this account that has stayed inactive for a while, and give loads of people the urge to become a curator. Which I will do, hopefully, since I’m rather awesome. You can expect heaps of enthousiam ; my schedule for the week includes a visit to Ikea, 2 parties, hosting a pub quiz and some Christmas madness. Some comments about sports, general news, music, and anything people might suggest. 

Might include real bits of sarcasm inside, even though I will try not to curse too much.

Who’s Alain?

Bonjour guys,

Just finishing my studies in Marketing and communication last september, I didn’t feel yet the ability to enter in the grown up’s life. That’s why I start, at 26 years old, to travel as much as I can. I’ve been in French Guyana for 6 month, that’s where I’ve been suddenly aware that I love Paris, my place of birth! 

In a few weeks, I am gonna leave for Florida, for one year! My favorite country in Europe, after France of course, is Sweden. I speak Italian thanks to my mom’s origins.

I am also a huge fan of sport, so do not hesitate to talk to me about your country sportsmen as the Olympic Games in London open this week.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask, my biggest pleasure this week will be answer to any interrogation you have. By the way, you can find me on my own Twitter account : @alainpadrini.

Hope you’ll enjoy this week with me guys!

Who’s Marie?

Hello everybody,

I’m Marie (obviously a widely used French name)

Usually, children leave their parents. My husband and I did the other way round: we chose to leave our children who were studying in France and abroad (and are so pleased to come and see us when they choose!)

So, I live 10000km away from Paris, in Saint-Pierre on La Réunion island.

Previously a teacher (taught French in London and East Lansing, MI, years ago) then French and English in France and ended as a PR/communications officer for a small classical music agency, I am now taking one or two years off.

I love to travel and I am mostly interested in music, literature, cinema and arts…

I am not a geek and hope I’ll be able to give you some interesting tips about LR island on Twitter. Feel free to ask as many questions as you wish!

Who’s Marie?

Hi Guys! I’m Marie.

As Ollivier, I live in France, roughly 200km south-west of Paris, in the city of Le Mans.

I lived in Cambridge, England, for 3 years where I worked mostly in Picture Framing. I went there to improve my English but also for the experience to live abroad.

I came back at the end of 2010 and I work for an Insurance Company (very different field). I deal with insurance contracts of big companies, contracts “in case of fire, water and electricity damage” etc., but I’m more in the process before these bad things happen!

I do like good food, wine, beer and after-dinner liqueur. I’m a singer and musician (piano and guitar) and I sing in a band (pop-rock).

Interests: friends and people in general, music, nature, personal development and nutrition, photography (curation mostly).

Who’s Ollivier?

Hello everyone, I’m Ollivier

For once, I’m actually living in France, just near Paris in a town called Meudon.

I’m working for a European agency called EUROCONTROL, we deal with Air Traffic Control and Air Traffic Management.  Our main work is dealing with all the traffic all over Europe through flow management.

I love good food/wine (not only French but also Japanese), cats and taking pictures of different kind, from planes to bugs (macro).  Been involved in Free Software for almost 20 years now, mostly in the FreeBSD project.

Interests: family, friends, cats, books (mostly Sci-Fi & Fantasy), Cryptography and computer stuff.

Who’s Armelle?

Hi I am Armelle!

My little bakery is an open kitchen where people can see what I am up to. Kenny & I are getting married in August in the town where we live (Kilcullen) …and it is approaching fast!

Since the description I have on the website, Kenny has taken a voluntary redundancy from his job and we have launched a catering business last April that he is looking after… *the French traiteur way*

I love where we live, Kilcullen is a little town of about 6000 inhabitants, people are really nice and friendly. Social medias have become a big part of the business, and they are a great tool for me to show what I do and attract new customers.

The most famous thing I am known for are the French Macarons (not macaroons), completely homemade by “moi”, I sell an average of 500 of them a week and it keeps on going up!

Interests: Pastry, baking, food, Ireland, languages, photography, social medias.

www.armelleskitchen.com

Who’s Simon?

Hello, I am Simon, 20 years old, currently studying in computer science in Nantes. I’m from Le Mans, best known for the car race, and I just came back from 9 months in Montréal (Québec) for my studies. And the Hellfest.

I am a big fan of metal music and computer related stuff, also love the Sci-fi and fantasy, in every form, music, movies, books …

Ask me anything, and I’ll answer you with great pleasure :)