Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by pam
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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Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by pam
Position: [ 48°49N, 2°19E ]
I don’t write about Paris nearly as many times as I should… Seriously.
And that’s unfair to the city I chose to make my home in March last year.
One thing that doesn’t fail to surprise me each time I come back to Paris after an extended leave is the architecture. Paris has [...]
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Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2007 by pam
Position: [ 48°35N, 7°45E ]
Strasbourg is one of France’s major cities, a European capital, home to the European Parliament.
It is also the home of the oldest Chritsmass market, a tradition rooted in the german culture.
I have long wanted to visit this place, with an invitation pending from a friend who lives there, but I just [...]
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