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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

Frontline France, Bread and the Contents of a Woman’s Handbag

More simplistic and misspelt ramblings of life in France. It was French playwright, Jean Anouilh, who, in an […]

November 20, 2015 Christmas, Crime, Culture, Death, Employement, Family, France, French, Heritage, History, Life, Paris, politics, Religion, TERRORISM, Time Travel, Uncategorized

Business as Usual?

In the wake of recent events, we will live to regret words and actions born of haste and […]

November 15, 2015 Café, Crime, Death, France, French, Life, Paris, Religion, TERRORISM, Weekend

Drifting

Drifting into a book like drifting into summer. It wasn’t a conscious choice; there I was, drifting around […]

July 12, 2015 Death, France, Life, Paris, photography, Stress, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Uncategorized

More Parisian Daze or Sweaty Kebab Wet DoG Nicotine

06.49am ; on a train, in a station. What an UNGODLY HOUR. I’m not even sure that the Almighty […]

May 28, 2015 Crime, Fashion, Money, Paris, Smoking, Tourism, TRAVEL

Parisian Daze

Paris, City of light, city of love, us poor provincials do occasionally manage to get up to the […]

March 14, 2015 Ageing, Culture, France, French, Fun, Life, Music, Paris, Philosophy, Rock 'n' Roll, Tourism, TRAVEL, Wine

CHEZ CHARLIE

Events of récent days have left me confused and pensive. There was no point in giving a day-by-day […]

January 11, 2015 Crime, Death, France, French, History, Life, TERRORISM

Serious Employment Prospects for Chimney Sweeps

All on Fire  These early December days – grey cold damp and miserable – those sorts of days […]

December 8, 2014 Culture, Employement, France, Health, Paris, Smoking

If It’s Tuesday, We are Chinese.

France is the world’s number one tourist destination. 83 million foreign visitors in 2013. I suppose I should […]

July 20, 2014 Employement, France, French, Paris, Shopping, Tourism, TRAVEL

Un Parfum de Revolution

  Some unchecked ramblings about the Revolution in France Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire […]

July 15, 2014 Economy, Education, France, French, History, Life, Paris, Teaching

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