Le Flâneur
Charles Baudelaire’s stroller among men. To walk around an urban landscape, to be part of and yet detached from the scene and the people that make it what it is. And yet how does one stay in ‘full...
View ArticleCycling Crazy
Yesterday it was beautiful, it stayed around 27°C for most of the day and was still warm and bright at 7pm. Thanks to technology, the hour change didn’t affect us at all. Our clocks re-set themselves...
View ArticlePoached in Wine
Breakfast eggs – poached in wine. Peaches, pears – poached in wine. Salmon, chicken – poached in wine. You see the pattern? The French love wine, they love food, they love putting them together. And...
View Article“Feed the Birds…
…2,500 euros a bag!” To entice back my friendly neighbourhood birds I ripped-up an almost stale baguette and lined my window ledge with the crumbs. G said this is illegal. I’m not sure if he’s...
View ArticleFor Whom the Bell Tolls
If the winds are absent – which they have been for a while – the chimes of bells find their way through the village and through my open window. I like the mellifluous sounds of the ringing bells. They...
View ArticleIs this the worst choreography ever…?
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x18va1 ALEXANDRIE ALEXANDRA Claude François par guenael76 I imagine it may be quite fun to do when you’re out? Apparently it’s a French karaoke favourite. Luckily...
View ArticleCross about Croissants
I’ve just found out 3 things. 1) There is no fine for feeding birds. G just didn’t want our window ledge decorated with excrement. 2) The French word for dove is tourterelle. 3) Croissants are not...
View ArticleEaster Creatures
Source: nouveau-paris-ile-de-france.fr via Lenxy on Pinterest In France it’s not the Easter bunny or the Easter chick that brings children chocolate at Easter, but the church bells. Thousands of old...
View ArticleLost Royals
The idea that blue blood runs through the veins of everyday French people amuses me. The idea of a divine ruler – an absolute power – also amuses me. Apparently we need to have these ‘parental’ figures...
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