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• Traveling to The Alps

  

  Last weekend I ticked off another notch on my road to becoming truly French. If you can believe it, in all my years in France, I’d never been to the Alps. I’d... Read more

  The 21 February 2013 by   Becomingmadame
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• American Movies in France

  The new Die Hard movie is being advertised heavily over here. Bruce Willis' face is everywhere (which may or may not be a good thing, depending on your point... Read more

  The 20 February 2013 by   Ovid
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• Les Halles De Lyon: Gourmet Paradise

  

  Les Halles de Lyon is a gourmet's paradise. I knew that a market in the gastronomical capital of France was going to be good I just didn't realize how good Read more

  The 19 February 2013 by   Monkeys And Mountains Adventure
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• 132. Misery

  

  We all view the world in different ways and we always have done. Some of us look around and see promise, hope, prosperity and bikini-clad rollerbladers where... Read more

  The 19 February 2013 by   Martinfullard
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• Laughter Yoga: The Universal Language

  

  When was the last time that you purposefully made a complete fool out of yourself?I’m talking something like dancing around in circles while wildly waving your... Read more

  The 17 February 2013 by   Monkeys And Mountains Adventure
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• Expat Romance: The Real Deal

  

  I met my American prince long ago. He’d traveled across the ocean to my native Holland and we romanced in Amsterdam. Later he proposed on a moonlit piazza in... Read more

  The 14 February 2013 by   Miss Footloose
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• "Parlez-vous Anglais?" "No, I Speak Que Dalle(*)!

  

  (*) que dalle: Zilch! Nada! Louis de Funès (Le Gendarme à New York)La leçon d'anglais (the English lesson) Last week, I instructed my France travel workshops... Read more

  The 13 February 2013 by   Frenchgirlinseattle
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• A Visit to Chartres, France

  

  On Saturday, we visited the town of Chartres, home of the finest Gothic cathedral in France. This is the joy of being an expat: driving an hour to an historic... Read more

  The 11 February 2013 by   Ovid
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• Gall and the Japanese Tourists

  

  Two polite Japanese women, very well dressed, were waiting patiently in front of me to pay in a chic boutique in the centre-ville. Read more

  The 10 February 2013 by   Sedulia
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• Out with the Old, in with the New…

  

  “Kung Hei Fat Choi!” Roughly translated, that’s “Best wishes and congratulations. Have a prosperous and good year.”It’s the Year of the Snake and the party’s... Read more

  The 10 February 2013 by   Mint Mocha Musings
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