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This site, Offbeat France, is dedicated to showing you France behind-the-scenes, all those quirks and foibles you won't find in your basic 'top 10' and 'best things to do' lists. Yes, I DO provide some of these (I mean, you DO want to know about them, right?) but that's not my focus. I want you to walk away from this site with one single thought: "I didn't know that!"
If that happens and you learn something new about France or the French, we will have made each other happy.
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Bonjour! I’m Leyla - I was born in Paris and now live in the bucolic mountain foothills of Eastern France between Lyon and Annecy. My days are spent exploring my country.
I'm rediscovering my own back yard after years of living abroad as a journalist and diplomat - and I'm loving every minute.
Passionate about history and culture, I’ve created Offbeat France to seek out my country’s mysteries and legends, less-traveled destinations, along with plenty of food stops and many castles – I am French, after all!
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