Hi Avery-
congrats on the move. Just wanted to make sure you had seen the guide to Paris on EasyExpat that can help further orient you with the city: http://www.easyexpat.com/en/paris.htm

Also, there are several similar threads for English speakers in Paris looking for friends:
meet-people-in-paris-t1805.html
meet-people-in-paris-t10800.html
meet-people-in-paris-t7842.html

Best of luck!

 

Avery,

I'm 21 Belgian and I'm in Paris since January, if you like, we can hang out.
I speak English and French.

 

Hi Avery, My name is Ali. I arrived in france this last october to work as an au pair. I've had a wonderful time here so far and feel I've grown a lot as an individual. However I must admit, I do miss speaking to people in english...well I should clarify because a lot of people here do speak english many quite well too...anyway what I meant was a person from northamerica. (Is that wrong of me?) haha anyway, I've been sort of slow myself meeting new people and I think it would be neat if we could hangout. Let me know. Oh, and I'm 20 btw.

 

Hi everybody
i am also a student, it would be nice to meet new people as I am also living in paris alone since long.Oh I am 31 lol. I need to learn french and english as well.

 

hey all, it's kalvin here, I am 24 years, a master M1 student. I will be here one year, but I don't have friends yet and I would like to find some new friends in france, especially in paris, if you are interested, please contact me at kalvinelad@yahoo.fr

 

Try hanging out by a quai or place young people gather on a weekend night! Such as champs de mars, quai de la rapée (the side with all the sculptures/gardens), pont des arts, or find music events (www.parisetudiant.com) you might like and go to those...or maybe find a music artist you like. You just have to be outgoing - people aren't going to come to you just like that. I've met friends in the most random ways like that. If you can take a French class, I would highly, highly recommend it - you'll improve, be able to communicate, and appreciate it here more.

 

Ok, this sounds interesting, thank you very much. I will apply this all next september 2011, since actually I am getting back to my country tomorrow for the vacations. I've been in some french courses during the last three months, and yes, it has improved a lot
thank you very much for your appreciable advice