Category: Living in France
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Finally on my Way Home
Finally, I caught a train home! Tomorrow the strike in Paris will intensify as if the other day wasn’t intense enough. The train station was a Ghost Town only a hand full of trains, most of the shops and…
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French la Vie Road Trip
After a wonderful visit with my daughter, son in law and grandson my friend @seeninprovence and I hit the brocantes in Paris. We had to take a taxi van to a rental car as we accumulated so many…
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Paris Views
Here are some random views of Paris as I walked to and from Chelsea's apartment. Our apartment is in the fourteenth by Montparnasse and Chelsea's and Martin's apartment is in the tenth by Saint Martin's Canal. If you would…
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A Full Day’s Worth of Brocante Addiction
French la Vie antiquing with Lisa, Patricia, Gina, and Jeanette. They literally only stop to eat and sleep. These ladies have the Brocante Bug far worse than me and you know how bad that must be. I think I…
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Pumpkin, Pasta, Mums
The differences between France and America are subtle. Take Mums and pumpkins for example. Mums are an Autumn flower that arrives in force in October. They spill out from the floral shops onto the streets creating…
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A Bouquet Hidden Behind His Back
A sweet postcard: A little boy wearing a long white apron with a straw hat tilted on his head, holding a bouquet of roses and mums that he has hidden behind his back as he leans at the doorway to…