Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Vintage Venues
Shopping in France
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Finding Liberté on Two Wheels
Traveling in Paris
No Comments » - Posted in Culture,Travel with Kids by Jasmine
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
French rules, who knew?
French etiquette
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Best books on the history of Paris
I don’t know if the stories here are really that secret, but are a little more arcane then the broad sweep of history you get in “Seven Ages.”… “The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War” (Graham Robb) – Less a book about Paris than about France, you mihgt still guess who the main star is.
No Comments » - Posted in Books,Books on France by Paul
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Now you can have Paris in your bathroom, right where it’s supposed to be!
Is it kitschy, or just fantasy? 25 centimes to the person who identifies the street corner this was taken from.
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Paris with Kids books
I don’t see anything new in them, but they do give quick ideas for an outing First, published by Fodors, is Around Paris with Kids: 68 Great Things to Do Together …. This set might be more valuable to spread out on the table to involve kids in choosing what to do for the day’s outings.
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Street French – how to go deeper in your understanding of French
I have to say I don’t really resonate with the idea of being a “Francophile,” though most of my life I have loved spending time in France, learning the language, and eating the same twenty meals over and over…. Since I read these, they’ve also come up with Street French 3: The Best of Naughty French which appears to have all the juicy bits not included in books 1 and 2.
