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Category Archive: Bourges

Grey Days On the Edge Lands of Bourges

Grey, sad November. When the rest of the world is shopping for Christmas, in France the shops are […]

November 13, 2016 Bourges, deepest france, drifting, Shopping, Small town, Weekend

Pea Soup and Sacrifice (and shopping)

PEA SOUP « F*** me, it’s a real pea souper this morning. Can’t even hardly see to the end […]

November 13, 2016 Autumn, Bourges, Cemetery, Christmas, Culture, Death, deepest france, Economy, Ex-pat, Food, France, French, Halloween, Holidays, Life, Military, Paris, Shopping, Weather

Breakfast With(out) Donald

  It’s that Saturday morning thing – catching up on neglected household chores,the dirty washing piling up and […]

November 12, 2016 Bourges, Brexit, Death, deepest france, drifting, Food, France, French, Gardening, Life, Music, politics, Religion, Shopping, Uncategorized

Bring In the Clowns

November 9th – driving home through the pouring rain. Progress is slow, there’s a long line of trucks […]

November 12, 2016 Bourges, deepest france, France, French, Fun, Small town

A Shark’s Gotta Make a Living

« Hey, a guy’s gotta make a living, » I didn’t meet the fish guy, but this is probably what he […]

October 27, 2016 Bourges, driving, Economy, Employement, Fishing, France, French, Fun, Provincial France

11/9

It happened on Sunday 9th September – my faithful old Macbook pro just decided to give up. Monday […]

September 30, 2016 Ageing, Alcohol, Autumn, Bourges, Culture, deepest france, Economy, Food, France, French, Life, Religion, Shopping, Small town, Teaching, TV, Weekend, Wine, Work

The Colonel Comes to Town

Another long and lazy hot summer Sunday. This is the last day of this year’s Tour de France, […]

July 24, 2016 Bourges, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, French, Life, Small town

Talking to the Boy Who Knew Too Much

Meeting Mika or Talking to “The Boy who knew too much”* Mika erupted onto the world’s musical stage […]

July 11, 2016 Bourges, France, French, Music, Rock 'n' Roll

Forgetting those Summer Daze.

Those sure signs that summer is finally here – those iconic, traditional events, local and national, marking the […]

July 7, 2016 Bourges, Christmas, Family, Food, France, French, Holidays, Life, summer, Weather

Rock In Spring and Thoughts on Bands

A Sunday morning stroll down the supermarket. God might give us this day our daily bread, but he […]

April 10, 2016 Barbecue, Bourges, Café, Culture, France, French, Life, Military, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Shopping, Small town, Smoking, Spring, Tourism, TRAVEL, Weather

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