FRANCE | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [1339]
Saw an interesting sign at the Science Park in Paris’s 19e the other day (see thumbnail accompanying this update). It’s basically a Lost And Found office but it was the literal translations that struck me. In French it’s ‘Objets Trouves’ – Objects Found;... Read more >
Tags: bastille day, fireworks, france, parc de la villette, paris
FRANCE | Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 | Views [1216]
THERE was an advertising slogan in Britain many years ago which urged people to ‘Let the train take the strain’. That was in the supposedly good old days of British Rail, Intercity, and a nationalised train network, of course. That slogan, though, ... Read more >
Tags: beauvais, eurostar, france, girona, glasgow, paris, popsi bubblehead, prestwick, scotland, trains
FRANCE | Thursday, 2 Apr 2009 | Views [1079] | Comments [1]
Cassoulet – a sort of southern French bean stew with sausages and duck - is my next culinary task. Many years ago Popsi Bubblehead’s sister, who lives in the Lozere region of southern France, gave me a large vacuum-sealed jar of the stuff and I have ... Read more >
Tags: arrondissement, au bon st. porcain, cassoulet, food, france, john baxter, lozere, spinach, wolves
FRANCE | Sunday, 22 Mar 2009 | Views [1043] | Comments [3]
Mes amis, je suis desole. Vraiment I am. A combination of a few days in the UK seeing the family, problems getting online while there, and general lassitude on my part have led to a prolonged absence from the blogosphere and an egregious failure ... Read more >
Tags: eating, food, france, lapin, rabbit, recipe, uk
