Position: [ 48°49N, 2°19E ]
That one isn’t a very happy post.
Obviously, the world has been seriously shaken recently with the financial crisis hitting the world stock markets in October. Since then it has been a series of bad or worse news on TV.
Okay, I’m usually not gloomy but in this context, and with many many [...]
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Position: [ 48°49N, 2°19E ]
I remember once hearing a comment about what makes Europe so different from any other places in the world: Gastronomy and Unions.
Actually, one of the French claims of fame, is the annual series of demonstrations that can immobilise the country.
Today, the French Communist Party (PCF) and associated unions to protest [...]
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Position: [ 48°49N, 2°19E ]
Two hundred years ago, France was the theatre of a pretty violent Revolution which ended the rule of the monarchy as well as the rule of the clergy. The result is that, nowadays, France stands as a secular state with most French valuing laïcité as a very important part of society.
However, [...]
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Position: [ 48°49N, 2°19E ]
Can we really talk about a tradition if it’s less than 10 years old?
Okay, it may not be an ancestral one, and it may also be endangered (given we only had about 3 days of sun this summer) but Paris Plage is something parisians look for in summer.
Okay, we still can [...]
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Position: [ 35°40N, 139°45E ]
When I came to Tokyo last week end, I vowed never to come back here in summer again. The weather is so freaking hot and humid it feels like being in a sauna 24/7.
However, if there is one thing that makes it worth coming to Tokyo in summer, that will have [...]
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