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Four German Maidens, Burnt Toast and Burt Reynolds

Avant Propos Yes, I have been away for a while, real life catching up with me, a touch […]

February 15, 2016 Alcohol, Café, Culture, Family, Food, France, French, Motoring, Music, Religion, Rock 'n' Roll, Sex, Smoking, summer, Time Travel, Toilets, TRAVEL, Wine

Sickness as a Strategy in the Workplace.

Gastric flu – Yuck – all the symptoms of flu and a tummy doing somersaults when I even […]

January 11, 2016 Culture, France, French, Health, Life, Work

French Diners Doing It Doggy (bag) Style

The humble doggy bag, so long ridiculed and despised by French diners is now a firm feature of […]

January 5, 2016 Alcohol, Cooking, Culture, Food, France, French, Heritage, History, Wine

Monday Meanderings (for 4th January 2016)

Monday January 4th Physically up for 7am and fully operation at 7.15 after a large cup of coffee. […]

January 4, 2016 Culture, Employement, France, French, language lessons, Life

2015 Music Review

Note for readers – post started on December 30th 2015 and finished on 3rd January 2016. My town […]

January 3, 2016 Culture, France, Fun, Music, Shopping, Uncategorized

Resolutions and Revolutions

  Thursday tomorrow Just what are the delights and highlights of a normal Thursday? Well, if we get […]

December 30, 2015 Cooking, Culture, Education, Food, France, French, Fun

A Long Time Ago, In a Cinema Faraway …

From February 14th 1978 to December 27th 2015. Once upon a time, a long long time ago, that […]

December 30, 2015 Culture, Film, Fun, Life, London, Music, Philosophy, Rock 'n' Roll, Time Travel

Absolution for Agnostics and Church Seating Arrangements.

Tuesday 29th December 2015, it’s just gone 3pm and I’m sitting in a Church. Sitting isn’t the correct […]

December 29, 2015 Culture, Death, Family, France, French, History, Life, Philosophy, Religion, Wine

Festive French Stuffing

Christmas !!!!! Humbug and balderdash !!!!!! The Sunday before Christmas – the shops are open and the world has gone […]

December 21, 2015 Christmas, Cooking, Culture, Economy, Family, France, French, Heritage, Shopping

Not waving but Drowning

More misspelt ramblings on life in France. This one is all about flag waving (and  What’s in a […]

November 29, 2015 Culture, Death, Education, Fashion, France, French, Heritage, History, Paris, politics, Revolution, TERRORISM, Time Travel

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