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The Oh-So-Sexy French Myth

June 15, 2009 – 9:25 pm | 23 Comments

I was absolutely unaware of our rep­u­ta­tion abroad until I started trav­el­ing. Then, I real­ized that the French were said to have this lit­tle je ne sais quoi. In plain lan­guage: French were lib­er­tine, were doing it all the time, rou­tinely had sev­eral mis­tresses and lovers and had a god-given tal­ent for romance.

"What A Weird Day" Blog Carnival

May 25, 2009 – 10:27 am | 17 Comments

The theme for this month is “what a weird day!“. We all expe­ri­enced a day when noth­ing goes as planned, when the world just looks strange, when we wit­ness some­thing unusual. At least I hope so… wouldn’t like being the only one!

Rebel France IV

April 27, 2009 – 11:11 pm | 15 Comments

Walls are talk­ing in France! Here is the sec­ond part of my French graffitis.

Rebel France III

April 25, 2009 – 10:51 pm | 10 Comments

Walls are talk­ing in France!

What I Miss From France... And What I Don't!

April 23, 2009 – 12:56 pm | 26 Comments

There are French things I miss, like the cof­fee cul­ture and his­toric cities. But then, I think about the down­sides: stu­pid shop hours, dodg­ing dog poo, the bureaucracy…

French Cuisine

April 21, 2009 – 7:42 am | 17 Comments

French food, from crêpes to quiches!

French Pastries

April 19, 2009 – 5:41 pm | 12 Comments

There are “pâtis­series” and “boulan­geries” every­where, the first ones spe­cial­iz­ing in cakes and elab­o­rate pas­tries, the sec­ond ones offer­ing many kinds of bread and basic bak­ery products.

Ah, Paris! (2/2)

April 17, 2009 – 5:13 pm | 15 Comments

And here is the sec­ond part of our adven­tures in Paris.