I stumbled across this French surfwear brand which makes cool travel bags and suitcases, Kana Beach . When I saw the photo on their front pa...
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One year ago...
On this day one year ago it was snowing! I remember it like it was yesterday and yet I'm amazed at how fast the time has flown. As they ...
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Macarons in McDonalds in France
Yeah Yeah I realise this is old news but considering I NEVER eat at McDonalds.. this was the first time I noticed them for myself (at a McDo...
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SNCF Carte 12-25 for those up to 30 years
I found out about this about a month ago and I should have posted it up earlier... oops. For a limited time, to celebrate the 30th anniversa...
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Bilingual French English puns
I bought this book second hand.. It's a book of random English phrases, for French learners of English. Here are some really lame French...
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Carla Bruni has a girl called Giulia
First lady of France, Carla Bruni, has a girl named Giulia. Linky at LeDauphine.com
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Paris vs New York skinny people
I wrote that I thought there are no fat people in Paris . I happened to find this article New York skinny vs Paris skinny which I thought w...
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Carla Bruni has a baby
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's birth update... Live updates here
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1 year old thinks a magazine is an iPad
Continuing on from my rant about babies and technology of almost 5 months ago (sheez where did the time go?!)... here is a one-year-old who...
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Le Petit Prince agenda 2012
When I was in Paris the other day I didn't buy much but I bought this adorable 2012 diary!! I've been wanting to get a nice diary f...
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Best time to travel to Europe
After having travelled around Europe during every season and almost every month I would say, without a doubt, the best time is between mid A...
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And so I went to Paris again
Apologies for my lack of posts. I just don't feel that I've done much noteworthy to blog about.. Anyhoo, I went to Paris again on M...
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One year ago...
A trip down memory lane... I can't believe it. One year ago I turned up at the high school I'd be working at (teaching English) for ...
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Justified text
Apparently the French have a big thing for justified text. Now, I've actually studied typography (the study of type!) and know that just...
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One year...
Cela fait un an. .. It's been roughly one year since I left the comforts of my home and ventured halfway across the world to France... W...
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Decipher this!
C3 M355463 53RT 4 PR0VV3R QV3 N0TR3 35PR1T P3VT F41R3 D'1MPR35510N4N735 CH0535 ! 4V D3BVT C'3T41T D1FF1C1L3 M415 M41NT3N4NT, 4 P4RT1...
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The French verb munir
I came across this word many months ago at the train station in Geneva.. munissez ... Obviously I figured out what it meant (especially sinc...
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Learning a foreign language is like having children
First of all I have to preface this by saying that I don't have children but have friends that do and I can imagine what it's like...
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The secret of the quickest way to learn a foreign language
Want to know the secret of the quickest way to learn a foreign language? Get a boy/girlfriend who is a native speaker of that language. I...
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Zoidberg has friends!
Wow, I honestly didn't think that my friends cared so much. I feel so loved :) I'm talking about my French friends and that's wh...
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Conversations with a Parisian
So last night I spent 4 hours (!!) chatting to a Parisian, a stranger no less. I find that I can usually relate well to Parisians, both havi...
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Désormais et Dorénavant
So on Thursday and Friday I was with my old friend the TGV listening to and reminisicing about the announcements you hear on the train plat...
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Aaron, the band
After my last blog post about Paris my curiosity got the better of me. WHO exactly was I sitting opposite to on the train? Well I went to t...
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Paris here I come... again!
OMG how time flies! It's been over 3 months since I was last in Paris and so much has happened between now and then. Last time I toured...
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A chandelier is not a chandelier
Last night I was talking to a French guy and it turns out that what we call a chandelier in English is not the same thing as in French!! A c...
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2 years of learning French
Wowzers how time flies! I only just realised that this week it's been about 2 years since I first started learning French. Now I wasn...
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We are all connected WWF video
A short and lovely video! panda.org/50
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All about the Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF)
So, about a year or so ago I did the TEF (Test d'Evaluation de Français) which is an exam that evaluates your level of proficiency in F...
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