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Personal Cooking Classes, Paris style

So, as promised, I turned up at Au Petit Fer at 8am this morning, ready to watch how they make their amazing Tarte Tatin. I was half expecting the owner not to remember our deal, or say that actually, they werent going to make it that day.

It was pouring with rain this morning and no [...]

“L’administration”……

Another “meeting” with French bureaucracy, affectionately known by the French as “l’administration”.

Monday was my real appointment at the main prefecture (police station, sort of…) for Paris. The appointment at the previous prefecture was just an interview to see if I was dodgey, a check of key documents (but not all documents….) and to have a [...]

I’m breathless…why dont our riot police look so hot?

There was a small gathering of protesters outside the Palais de Justice this afternoon. I just happened to walk past as I was coming home from French class. And boy am I happy that I did! The place was teaming with hot french riot police, called the “Gendarmerie”.

Tall, slim, but not skinny, with riot armour [...]