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Mon Dieu! Sunday Work Hours Upset French Devotion to Rest By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS PARIS — Many French people aren’t devout but hold to at least one religious teaching: Sunday is a day of rest. That practice is under threat from a controversial pro-work law that will allow more [...] Here is the much awaited response to my previous post! Apologies if I made anyone concerned about my mental wellbeing, or if perhaps the post was a little too “personal”. People go through down periods during any process of change – its normal, and most of the time we pull ourselves through it with better understanding [...] This little realisation has been creeping up on me during my 3 months here. I’m positive that there are exceptions to the rule, but there seem to be some unspoken “rules of engagement” when Australians meet other Australians who are living in Paris. The reason I find these rules so interesting is because they seem to [...] Today I’m wondering why I’m here in Paris. Why am I here, and not back in Australia, with my family, good job, great friends, great apartment, awesome lifestyle etc etc. Why am I not getting cozy during Australia’s winter on a big comfy couch with a husband and a kid, watching “Zoolander” with a glass of [...] So yeah, I paid for 2 weeks at Alliance Francaise, 4 hours each morning, Monday to Friday. In a note to anyone wanting to go to Alliance Francaise in Paris – make sure you go there at least a day in advance in order to sit the test, stand in line, realise its the wrong line, [...] Its official. There have now been 5 – wait – make that now 6, sets of council workers that have come down my street today (another truck, this time a recycling collecting truck just came past). And I havent been here all day either. So who knows – maybe there has been more? And what have [...] |
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