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Light up or Shoot up?

Our Stations are gateways to Paris. A few words on shooting up or lighting up after your train. […]

February 27, 2013 Uncategorized

Skiing for Grockles

Home from the holidays – a few days skiing in the Auvergne. Yes, you have heard of the […]

February 24, 2013 TRAVEL

That was the week that is /was/has been – 6

Review of Week 6 – 4th – 11th February 2013 The Porridge Factor Hail, rain, snow, more snow, […]

February 11, 2013 Uncategorized

Taking Down the Tree and Cooking Up Crêpes

Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet ? There are still plenty of houses down my way with […]

February 2, 2013 Uncategorized

Celebrity Come Diving

It’s somewhere after nine on Friday night, and I’m in the kitchen, escaping from the TV. Tonight’s televisual […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

That Was the Week That Is – Weasels in Week 5

Week 5 The French have an annoying habit of reckoning the year in weeks. An example – the […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

Death of a Snowman

Show’s over, or snow’s over. So a couple of dead snowmen. Nothing more sad than dead snow.  

January 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Life’s a Gas in Paris

The headline read  «Big Stink in Paris» – nothing to do with today’s teacher strike, when half the […]

January 22, 2013 Uncategorized

Killing The King

So, the French in Mali – just two years on from « The Arab Spring ». There’s quite a bit […]

January 21, 2013 Uncategorized

Ça va Mal(i) – Part One

So, excuse the awful French pun, but « ça va mal en France. » – Things are bad. It’s official. […]

January 20, 2013 Uncategorized

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