Think about visiting Paris…and deciding to by no means return dwelling.
That was the case for a Temple College scholar who moved her complete life to France, discovered love and wonderful alternatives, together with writing about French life and delicacies.
That is the story of a Philadelphian turned Parisian.
Montgomery County native Lindsey Tramuta was all the time a lover of language, significantly the French language.
“I fell into this most great and inspiring and enriching French literature and language program at Temple and in some unspecified time in the future that translated to being inspired to come back to France,” Tramuta mentioned.
When she stepped foot in France, she knew it was the place she needed to be fairly rapidly.
Tramuta’s story isn’t simply one in every of falling in love with a brand new place but additionally of falling in love—actually.
Simply three days after arriving in Paris, Tramuta met a Frenchman who she would quickly after marry.
She returned to Philadelphia only for a U.S. marriage ceremony reception and iconic image in entrance of Metropolis Corridor earlier than returning to her life overseas.
A fascination with the French language rapidly grew to become a keenness for France and all that it has to supply.
“Some folks can really feel defeated by problem and… transferring to Paris, France isn’t simple…no there’s just a little little bit of a problem,” she mentioned. “I believe there’s one thing in me that clearly permits me to come back as much as bat and I don’t know is that the Philly factor? I don’t know.”
A Philly factor that she nonetheless wears proudly even whereas being immersed in all issues French.
“There’s an entire regional pleasure, you develop up watching Eagles and Phillies and if you find yourself nose to nose with a New Yorker who’s going to tease you about being from Philly both as a result of such as you’re what, the underdog? I don’t suppose so… I’m ready to place them in examine,” she mentioned about defending Philly to its core.
A bestselling creator of “The New Paris” and “The New Parisian,” Tramuta can be a contributor to publications such because the New York Instances, Conde Nast, Journey and Leisure and extra.
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“I took to writing as a means of claiming okay I’m going to exit into Paris and I’m going to discover eating places or museums or parks or no matter type of staple items after which speak about it on a weblog…as a means of claiming okay I really feel linked to this place,” she mentioned.
Since transferring to France Tramuta has lived in the identical neighborhood along with her husband for the final 17 years.
“It’s not solely grown on me, it looks like my precise dwelling,” she mentioned. “I principally constructed my life right here and so for that I don’t suppose I may ever depart.”
That is the most recent installment within the French Connections: Paris and Philly collection that airs each week on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. main as much as the Paris 2024 Summer time Olympics.