First issues first: welcome to solosophie.
Hey and welcome to my little nook of the web. As the location title would counsel, my title is Sophie. I’ve been a full-time journey author for the previous eight years. I’ve written for publications reminiscent of That Backpacker, MHz Selection, and Atout France (the France Tourism Board) and have additionally labored with a lot of firms as a part of my content material creation work on this web site.
However, greater than something, for the previous 9 years, I’ve additionally been creating guides proper right here, detailing all of my journey experiences, with a selected deal with North America and Europe (the 2 areas the place I’ve lived!).
I really like espresso, historical past, Paris, Harry Potter, canine, books, espresso, and wine (although not essentially in that order!) Throughout my two months alone in lockdown, I additionally developed a selected fondness for laptop video games and vegetation and now have an internet site about vegetation. As you’ll be able to in all probability inform, I’m a fan of creating web sites!
This web site has grown to be a lot extra than simply me. And, as of 2024, there are three of us working full-time on this web site, our related Social Media channels, and YouTube channel.
A short biography of Sophie Nadeau
I’ve spent nearly all of my life residing between England and France, although I additionally maintain a Canadian passport and spent a few of my childhood residing in New York (I’ve since began a New York Journey Weblog). In 2024, I’ll flip 30 years outdated.
Self-confessed francophile and avid reader, I moved to Paris in 2015… That very same yr I began this weblog. I initially created this house on-line to share my ardour for, nicely, life (however primarily journey).
On this weblog, you’ll now discover quirky, cultural and stylish adventures in Europe, North America, and past. Someway, I’ve managed to make this running a blog gig my full-time job and so the web site is now up to date every day (and sometimes extra)!
Head right here usually sufficient and you too can look forward to finding pictures suggestions, quirky trivia & a continuing stream of wanderlust inspiration. I’m all about exploring your personal yard simply as a lot as hopping on a aircraft. After, all, journey is commonly simply across the nook: this weblog is all a mirrored image of that mindset.
Who am I?
So who am I? Properly, I grew up in a small village within the English Countryside and it was fairly stunning. My mother and father nonetheless stay there and I go to as usually as I can. At 18, I moved away to review at college (I learn Historic Historical past at College Faculty London) and spent the following few years residing in London.
Whereas residing within the UK’s capital metropolis, I volunteered in a number of museums (my favorite being the Sir John Soane Museum!), labored in cafés, labored in retail, and made probably the most of residing so near so many unbelievable historic websites, in addition to getting to satisfy some superb individuals.
On the age of 21, I moved to Paris, France as a part of a research overseas programme. Round that very same time, I additionally picked up my first digital camera and began taking images, documenting my time in France on this weblog.
I then returned to London to complete my diploma earlier than transferring away once more to the English countryside for a few years. As soon as again within the countryside, I met a boy and ended up staying longer than anticipated.
As with something, whenever you make your choices primarily based on another person, they don’t are inclined to work out. I broke up with mentioned boy and hopped on a flight to Paris, the place I then lived for a number of years. You may learn extra about my favorite spots within the metropolis right here.
That breakup was again in 2019. I’ve since now met and married my French husband and my little journey enterprise someway survived the worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic. In late 2022 I moved again to London, however go to Paris as usually as I can!
In 2023, my husband joined me in full time content material creation and in 2024, my sister additionally joined the crew! As of 2024, I’ve put all of my issues in storage and am travelling as a lot as I can.
I hope you’ll prefer it right here.
P.s. I’m at present writing a ebook so watch this house! I additionally run a second weblog primarily based solely on the UK (escapetobritain), in addition to a YouTube Channel. Aside from travelling and pictures, certainly one of my favorite home-based pursuits is indoor gardening.
P.p.s. the photograph was taken by my sister (charlottenadeau.com).