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Allô? Does this téléphone work?

February 19, 2018July 24, 2018 / Claire Santoro / 1 Comment

The central tenet of life abroad, I've decided, is a little thing I call the "Rule of Three." Every single thing you do takes three times as long, costs three times as much, and brings three times the stress that it would at home. And at the end of the day, you are one-third as … Continue reading Allô? Does this téléphone work?

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