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Staring Out To Sea

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The pandemic ponders on and the the whole world is on a staycation. In this summer season, unless […]

August 11, 2021 Beach, France, Holidays, language lessons, photography, street photography, TRAVEL

Let Them Eat Cheese Cake!

In this current spell of cold weather, I am always starving and I hanker after a slice of […]

February 9, 2018 Britain, cake, Cooking, Culture, deepest france, Food, France, gastronomy, History, language lessons, Small town, Tea

Why did the Three Bears Go For a Walk In the Middle of Breakfast?

Hooray, it’s the weekend – that 48 hour blip when we all catch up on life – housework, […]

November 20, 2016 Culture, drifting, Education, Family, Food, language lessons, Philosophy, Weekend

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

Of Poops and Pensions

The joys of being 50 – realising that you have more behind and less in front (talking in […]

November 21, 2015 Death, France, French, Health, language lessons, Philosophy, Retirement, Teaching, Toilets

Napoleon Wins Waterloo

As we prepare to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, I am pondering the […]

June 14, 2015 Culture, Education, Food, France, History, Holidays, language lessons, Military, politics, Tourism, Wine

The Satisfaction of Reclaiming a Lost World

Have no shame. Let it all hang out. This isn’t Copacabana or Bondi or St Tropez, although you’ll […]

May 23, 2015 Barbecue, Education, Gardening, Health, language lessons, Life, Weekend

Of Cheap Hotels, Romanian Builders and Potatoes

I was working away from home last week, down in the fair city of Toulouse. Home from home […]

July 12, 2014 Cooking, Food, language lessons, Life, Sex, Sport, TRAVEL

Toilet Trousers

One of this week’s better language gaffes from a student. Tuesday morning and (for some reason) We had […]

April 19, 2013 language lessons, Life

Brothels and Bicycles – Whores and Chores

Today’s word is “Bordel” (pronounced as it is written) and I have been using it without moderation all […]

March 24, 2013 language lessons

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