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My name is Kristie. Not only am I a baguette-a-holic, but I am also a market-a-holic. The first step to recovery is admitting that one cannot control one’s addiction or compulsion. I admit that I have a big, BIG problem with markets. Today, at the market, I cried over salad. Yes. Salad. M and I were at the Italian stand, [...] OK, after a year in Paris, and after reading possibly every book there is on what foreigners think about French culture and values, I think I’m getting the hang of some of the themes…. Politeness You wont get ANYTHING done in France unless you’re polite. And not just basic common decency, I mean OTT, almost grovelling type [...] 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 [...] Its been described as “The Look”. All French men (and some women) do it. Its more than a glance. Its much, much less than a stare. Its never a leer. Its never accompanied by a smile. It perhaps includes an almost imperceptible look up and down. Its a brief meeting of eyes. Its nothing more than an [...] French families seem to go out, all together, on the weekends, even if its just to go for a walk together, then sit down for a coffee. Today the sun is shining, not a cloud in the sky, its warmer, people are shedding their winter clothes, there are more smiles, cafes have put their tables and chairs out onto the footpaths again, spring flowers are outrageously bright, and things are all starting to come together….. Being female is definitely a bonus when it comes to day to day tasks. Yesterday I went to pick up my bags from the freight section of Charles de Gaulle airport (taxi driver had no idea where it was, woman on the phone was no help either). The guy controlling the entry to the loading [...] |
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