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Janis Lasky Couvreux is an award-winning writer, journalist, Franco-American, lover of languages, travel and adventure addict, and sailor. Formerly a newspaper reporter and freelance journalist, Janis currently blogs at Huffington Post, Pryme Magazine, and The Lady Alliance, writing about living bilingually, crossing oceans, backpacking adventures, and raising kids outside the box. Her debut book, "Sail Cowabunga! A Family’s Ten Years at Sea," chronicles her 10 years on a sailboat with her husband and two small boys as they lived and sailed from France to San Francisco. The story originally began as vignettes on her blog, some of which were published in Luna Luna Magazine, Longreads, and Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. She won the first plac ...more

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A Change in Plans / Changement de Plans

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August 10, 2023

“Living the dream” isn’t always dreamy.

Just after leaving Amsterdam, where I left off last time, we had a major engine hiccup when our transmission cable broke just as we were leaving a fuel dock. We quickly aborted our intention to pass through the bridge just round the bend, in the town of Purmer

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