Author: Elizabeth New Seitz

Bonjour France friends! What unusual times we are living in. With the latest lockdown in France, it seems like some inspiring French fall color is a good idea. I love France in all seasons but fall is at the top of my list year after year. Autumn all over the country is divine for so…

Bonjour France friends! I am thrilled and honored to be featured in this year’s Victoria Magazine French issue out on newsstands now! Un grand merci to Victoria Magazine, editor Jordan Marxer, stylist Marie-Paule Faure, photographer Marcy Simpson, writer Karen Callaway and the entire Victoria team for their wonderful work. Below are a few photos from the…

With the current travel and world uncertainties, I am thinking it’s an opportune moment to share a few best French book recommendations collected over the 35 years of my French life. I have my thoughts about the current virus crisis but will leave it to the experts and government officials to communicate their expertise, recommendations…

As many French Affaires readers know, I am from Texas originally and have made France my passion and my profession… or some might say my obsession. Some days it does feel like that – in all good ways of course! My hometown newspaper in Dallas is running a feature on my career with the French…

It’s easy to think that France has always been one big ‘happy hexagon’ (referring to its current six-sided geographical shape), a uniform cultural entity that was and always has been FRANCE. But this is far from the case. France’s official borders have expanded and contracted over the centuries like an accordian, and various French regions…

The new French Affaires website has been up and running for a while now. Cheers to the new look and feel! While my previous website served a great purpose for many years, it was time to enhance this virtual window into all French Affaires has to offer with a big make-over. Now, I am delighted…

Bonjour France friends! It has been a spectacular fall in the French countryside near Paris. Lately rain and grisaille have set in but sun, mild temperatures and beautiful days have been the menu de la saison both chez nous in the village of Courances and while I have been on the road sharing Normandy, Corsica…

A few years ago, my husband and I had the good fortune of landing in the charming French village of Courances near Paris. Though only about 45 minutes by car (without traffic!) from la Capitale, it is full-on, spacious countryside where we have our French house. Rich green fields, gentle rolling hills and sturdy forests…

France reigns supreme amongst the world’s top places to visit and in my view, this recognition is ‘très bien mérité’ (very well deserved). Pound for pound, inch for inch, France has arguably the most delectable scenery and sights on the entire planet. The country’s rich history, art, architecture, monuments, culture, landscapes, nature, cuisine and wines…