Category: Living in France
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April First Joke that Still Makes me Laugh and Yann Not so Much
On April 1st the French give each other chocolate fish called: "Friture." The tradition has it that on the 1st of April children try to stick a homemade paper fish onto people’s backs without the person knowing it, then run…
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Portrait Memories of Carpentras 1914
Glued on the stone columns along the arcade in Carpentras was the reproduction portraits from Louis Rama who earlier in the year had an exposition of portraits he created of WWI. Louis Rama called the…
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Questions You have Asked Me?
I look forward to checking in with u every day because life in France has the appearance of something more. I still can figure out if this is true. So my question is a request to have you add…
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Q/A Second Part of What Some of You Have Asked Me
Do you like to garden? Or to design gardens? I like to pick flowers in the gardens. I like to sit in beautiful gardens. I admire my mom's garden. I do not mind gardening but it is not something…
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Are Sandals Worn in the Louvre
Heavenly soles at the Louvre. After all these years of living in France, the Louvre never ceases to amaze me. If I lived in the Louvre I would feel the same way it is a feast for the…
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He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
How funny that out of thousands of things at a brocante fair a charm that size of my fingernail could grab my attention. This green daisy or Margurite in French has two parts, a cover that turns around a…