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A French in Mexico

Le Mercado de Jamaica : immersion au cœur du Mexique.

Visite de la Casa Estudio Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo

L’essentiel de la gastronomie mexicaine et ses plats les plus emblématiques

Le Musée d’Art Populaire de Mexico et l’artisanat mexicain

Visiter le centre de Mexico

Lever de soleil sur l’Iztaccíhuatl

Tout a commencé par un semestre d’étude…cela s’est terminé en déménagement.

Installée depuis juillet 2016 au Mexique, je partage ici des articles sur ma découverte du Mexique et de la culture mexicaine, des billets de voyage, ainsi que mon expérience sur la vie d’expatriée/immigrée, sa richesse et parfois ses difficultés. Plus d’informations sur mon parcours sont disponibles dans la rubrique

Bonne lecture à tous!

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Short glossary of the politically correct between France and Mexico - Part 2 or seen by a Mexican

Hélène Carrillo

17 sept. 2017

Short glossary of the politically correct between France and Mexico - Part 2 or seen by a Mexican

Two weeks ago, I shared with you a post about the “politically correct” between France and Mexico. Few days later, one of my cousin told...

Short glossary of the politically correct between France and Mexico

Hélène Carrillo

28 août 2017

Short glossary of the politically correct between France and Mexico

In Mexico, we don’t say NO So, what do we say (if it’s no!)??? Nothing, or we say yes, even if it’s no. I know, it can sound weird. But...

Review of one year in Mexico

Hélène Carrillo

18 juil. 2017

Review of one year in Mexico

It makes now one year that I went back to Mexico after having previously studied there for one semester. Many of you have wondered: “why...

Going through job interviews in Mexico

Hélène Carrillo

14 juin 2017

Going through job interviews in Mexico

For discretion purposes, I won’t mention any companies’ name in this article. After almost a year living in Mexico, I experimented that...

It's time to take care of our planet

Hélène Carrillo

8 juin 2017

It's time to take care of our planet

Today is the World Oceans Day. This a day to increase our awareness about damages that us, human beings, have caused to our planet....

Being a woman in France / Being a woman in Mexico

Hélène Carrillo

8 mai 2017

Being a woman in France / Being a woman in Mexico

After 17 months in Mexico, I have had to experience that being a woman in France is considerably different than being a woman in Mexico....

Chronic of a Parisian life or how to live in 30 m2

Hélène Carrillo

16 mars 2017

Chronic of a Parisian life or how to live in 30 m2

If there’s a difference between my Parisian life and my life as “Regiamontana”, it’s the SPACE. In Monterrey, everything is bigger than...

Regaining yourself speaking your native language

Hélène Carrillo

23 janv. 2017

Regaining yourself speaking your native language

Dear readers, it has been a crazy Parisian week. After having been to the Hergé exhibition, I pursued my hungry of culture with Mexique...

Tequila: Real Institution

Hélène Carrillo

2 déc. 2016

Tequila: Real Institution

Christmas is coming (even if we still have some days at 30°C…) and it means one thing: family, posada and…tequila. And yes, in Mexico...

Día de Muertos

Hélène Carrillo

2 nov. 2016

Día de Muertos

Día de Muertos or “Day of the Dead” takes place every 2nd of November and is recognized as intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by...

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A propos

Hélène Carrillo

Moi c’est Hélène, je me suis installée au Mexique en Juillet 2016, époque à laquelle j’ai débuté le blog.

A French in Mexico, c’est l’histoire d’une Française qui vit au Mexique et qui écrit plein de choses sur la vie à l’étranger. et les voyages. Je partage ma découverte du pays et de sa culture, mais aussi mon expérience sur la vie d’expatriée, sa richesse et parfois et ses difficultés.

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