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France - Fall 2025

Lessons from France – 4 Small Systems That Make a Big Difference

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France - Fall 2025

How France Fell (a Little Bit) for Halloween

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France - Fall 2025

Ever Wondered What Fall Looks Like in France?

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France - Fall 2025

Amazing Skies and a Lost Traveller on my Way to France

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Exploring Canada

People of Toronto, the Thanksgivings 2025 Edition

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Exploring Canada

Thanksgiving and Birthdays Our Unique Way… in Toronto and More

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Street Urinals in France – gross or Practical?

in France - Summer 2017 on August 15, 2017 May 29, 2024 with 8 Comments by Juliette

Feng and I were taking a late-night walk and the group of friends in front of us had just noticed something apparently “gross” in the side street they had just passed.

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Saint-Michel X 11

in France - Summer 2017 on August 14, 2017 September 27, 2021 with 6 Comments by Juliette

Last week, it was just my parents, my brother and the three of us in the family house by the seaside. This long weekend, there are 11 of us.

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Along The Loire River

in France - Summer 2017 on August 13, 2017 September 27, 2021 with 4 Comments by Juliette

The one- or two-hour walk feels like an accelerated history lesson or a sociological snapshot of Nantes.

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How to Handle a Terrifying Splinter Situation

in France - Summer 2017 on August 12, 2017 May 2, 2024 with 2 Comments by Juliette

“Oh, Juliette… he got a splinter.”

“No worries, I’m on it. Mark…?”

“NNNNNOOO! NOOOO! DON’T TOUCH IT! DOOOOON’T!”

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Nantes’s Newly Reopened Art Museum

in France - Summer 2017 on August 11, 2017 September 27, 2021 by Juliette

At 6:45 p.m., the five of us walked to the Musée d’art, Nantes’ art museum that had just reopened after a five-year renovation and expansion project.

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That “Unique Place”

in France - Summer 2017 on August 10, 2017 September 27, 2021 with 2 Comments by Juliette

This summer, the main exhibition, “Seul avec la nuit,” features the work of Hans Ruedi Giger who created the Alien monster.

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