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Thursday, December 9
Taxis drivers remember the troubles
Taxi drivers and ex drivers from Northern Ireland talk about their experiances during the Troubles. Desparate times, you can see the raw emotion from these guys even after a few years have now passed.
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Another successful event at the Chateau: A Literary Evening with Michael Sadler
On Friday night, 12 May, the Aquitaine Langues and Chateau Lalinde hosted another wildly successful Literary Evening -- this time, once agai...
An almost 'empty' River Dordogne, and Surfing the Bore
This week the Dordogne river in front of the chateau dropped to an all-time low --- well, to be exact, to an all-time-since-I-arrived-here-l...
More Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand
And here is the excerpt I was going to give you, before the brash Mr Gibson so rudely interrupted! Acte 1, scène IV, "la tirade du n...
The Gendarmerie in all shapes and sizes?? NOOOOO!! I want my heroes to be goodlooking, please!!
Height and weight rule axed for French police , was reported in the news last week. Apparently height and weight requirements for police off...
A Spencer Tunick Installation coming to our area!
22 April 2006 will see another of the American artist, Spencer Tunick's giant 'sculptural' installations --- this time in St Se...
Easter in France : The church bells are silent....
Anne Wipf. , the artist of this lovely rendition of the Easter Bells , writes about her work: "In the French tradition, on Tuesday be...
The Giant Omelette at Haux, Gironde
Every year, for the last 26 years, on Easter Monday, a giant omelette is made -- not only to retain the title of the biggest omelette in the...
Vive la lingua franca!
In a recent article about French speakers worldwide, I wrote about the Day of Poetry celebrated in all francophone countries. A few days l...
The Expat Business, a Social Phenomenon of our Times.
It is not often that I promote someone else on my blog. But I make the exception because of a site that I mentioned discovering the other ...
Asterix vs Manga : Japanese comics conquer the heart of France
"Comic books or bandes dessinees as they are called in the French-speaking world have been a significant part of French culture since...
Popular Posts
The Giant Omelette at Haux, Gironde
Every year, for the last 26 years, on Easter Monday, a giant omelette is made -- not only to retain the title of the biggest omelette in the...
A Spencer Tunick Installation coming to our area!
22 April 2006 will see another of the American artist, Spencer Tunick's giant 'sculptural' installations --- this time in St Se...
An almost 'empty' River Dordogne, and Surfing the Bore
This week the Dordogne river in front of the chateau dropped to an all-time low --- well, to be exact, to an all-time-since-I-arrived-here-l...
Another successful event at the Chateau: A Literary Evening with Michael Sadler
On Friday night, 12 May, the Aquitaine Langues and Chateau Lalinde hosted another wildly successful Literary Evening -- this time, once agai...
Riding the tidal bore on the Gironde! : Mascaret
It is already a year ago when I last wrote about the Dordogne/Gironde Tidal Bore, or the Mascaret, as it is known, and now the season is b ...
Easter in France : The church bells are silent....
Anne Wipf. , the artist of this lovely rendition of the Easter Bells , writes about her work: "In the French tradition, on Tuesday be...
Asterix vs Manga : Japanese comics conquer the heart of France
"Comic books or bandes dessinees as they are called in the French-speaking world have been a significant part of French culture since...
More Cyrano de Bergerac d'Edmond Rostand
And here is the excerpt I was going to give you, before the brash Mr Gibson so rudely interrupted! Acte 1, scène IV, "la tirade du n...
The Dordogne in full flood after the storms
Only a little while back I reported on the all-time low of the Dordogne River . Today, not even two months later, the river is raging past t...
Deadly game? French petanque player killed after struck by ball
Just when I was thinking of posting an article about petanque or boules again -- as this is the unltimate French sport for these wonderful...
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