Here is another installment of the “things found in Nantes” series, with the latest pictures! Today, an old grocery store, “paradise”, wine and a bad word play.
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Never Heard of Nantes? This is My Hometown
I always tell Feng he is lucky that I’m from a sizable city and not Trifouillis-les-Oies (a French euphemism for “out in the sticks”).
When The French Express Themselves on The Walls
The walls aren’t on holidays. Sometime graffiti and political stickers make sense… and sometime, they don’t!
Cultural Snapshot – 4 Things Found in Nantes [4]
Here is another installment of the “things found in Nantes” series, with the latest pictures! Today, broken glass, Bécassine, souvenirs and a funny street name.
Putting Food on the Table is Never Easy
Once you sort through the mess, you need to go to the one and only small supermarket—a Unico—is a two-kilometre walk from home. Uphill, of course.
Why Are Some French Salespeople So Unfriendly?
It takes my eyes a second or two to get used to the darkness. Inside the bakery, the blinds are closed and I’ve just walked the two-kilometre-long road along the beach under the midday sun.