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Speaking of birthdays...
on Oct 23, 2009 in French Asterix turns 50 this month! One of the first French icons I was introduced to back in high school, I still to this day have trouble understanding all of what goes on in his world, but he remains hugely popular here. The 34th Asterix comic book has...
Paris in sight...
on Oct 20, 2009 in Family Paris renovations We've got a little bit of everything going on here at the Dukedom at the moment.First up, the oldest little lady turns 7 tomorrow. I've spent the last week trying to come to terms with the fact that a) I have a 7 yr old, and b) this means it is birt...
New books...
on Oct 14, 2009 in books This sort of went off piste during my summer hiatus, so I've done a small round-up of books that are about or set in France, published in the last few months (some published end of this month, some new out in paperback). I'm sure I've probably misse...
Life is like a load of laundry...
on Oct 12, 2009 in cultural differences A pretty common sight in France, and most of continental Europe for that matter, found in the biggest of cities and the smallest of villages, is the site of laundry that's been hung out to dry. You can't go far in my village without seeing someone's...
Song of Autumn...
on Oct 8, 2009 in music French poetry It's a dark and rainy day here in the south of France, so I thought some cheery French poetry was called for...Chanson d'automneby Paul VerlaineLes sanglots longsDes violonsDe l'automneBlessent mon coeurD'une langueurMonotone.Tout suffocantEt blême,...
Le Petit Nicolas...
on Sep 27, 2009 in cinema French books The film made to celebrate the 50th birthday of one of France's best loved children's literary classics, Le Petit Nicolas, comes out on Wednesday here in France.Created in 1959 by René Goscinny and illustrated beautifully by Jean-Jacques Sempé, lit...