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Pensées, rêves, et tirades
par une francofille

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Ambre

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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France: lived there for a few years, Paris is my home away from home. Languages! International travel: have gotten my feet wet in Asia, Europe and North America. Other stuff: Great food, wine, and conversation. Photography, rollerblading, Tarot (a French card game sort of like Euchre).I also enjoy photography:

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I attend a French Conversation Group on Saturday mornings at Espresso Royale and have been an "habituée" since 2002:

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The WEEKLY French Conversation Group!

Favorite Music
International music French groups, like Saint-Germain, Louise Attaque, Manau, Kyo, MC Solaar, Enzo Enzo, Gerald de Palmas, Calogero... Spanish-language music, like Mecano, Soda Stereo, Luis Miguel, and Hombres G... Raï & Arabic music, singers like Cheb Mami and Khaled. Plus stuff in English, Turkish, German, Thai, Greek, Russian, Italian, Korean, Serbian...

Favorite Books
Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" series Tolkien Moliere's plays Proust's "Du côté de chez Swann." Travel novels like "On Mexican Time" and "Driving over Lemons" (sort of the Spanish version of "A Year in Provence"). Harry Potter

I don't watch much TV, but my favorite TV shows are House, Grey's Anatomy, Les Guignols de l'info (www.canalplus.fr)

Favorite Movies
i.e "Movies I Could Watch Over and Over" -- The Princess Bride, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life

Ok, Work:
I currently teach middle school French and Exploring World Cultures. I also have a volunteer job -- I am the Volunteer Coordinator for my local Alliance Française (http://www.afmsp.org). I taught ESL for 2 1/2 years in Paris, as well as here in the States. I have also worked in hotel incentive/group sales for a set of overseas 5-star hotels, a local non-profit called HousingLink, and another local non-profit called MN Literacy Council.

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over 10 public

Interests:

59: anglais langue secondaire, arabic music, cafe, cats, chats, cheese, chocolat, chocolate, coffee, conversation, culture, doisneau, ell, enseignement, esl, espagnol, ethnic restaurants, expats, fantasy novels, france, francias, french, french music, fromage, impressionists, international music, international restaurants, languages, langues, les guignols de l'info, minneapolis, minnesota, musees, museums, music in spanish, musique arabe, musique en espagnol, musique francaise, musique internationale, musique turque, mystery novels, paris, photographie, photography, rai, restaurants internationaux, restos francais, roller, rollerblading, romans policiers, spanish, tarot, teaching, travel, travel novels, turkish music, vin, voyages, wine

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	3:	ambrecaye, karyberg, musicpoesy
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