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Archive for February, 2008

I’ve become a regular in the boulangerie around the corner from work. It’s got to the stage where they know what I’m going to ask for everyday and the man at the till always asks “pain au chocolat aujourd’hui?”
But horror of all horrors, today they had a sign that said from the 22nd February we [...]

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Ok, I’ve been (don’t laugh) listening to one of those ‘teach yourself a language’ cds. And no, I don’t mean French, I’m a bit beyond learning how to ask directions merci beaucoup! It’s Italian.
It’s actually surprisingly easy to understand (when it’s written down at least) after having learnt French.
Anyway, that’s not what I was going to say…
One [...]

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Paris really is one of a kind. Tourists think of it as beautiful, romantic and exciting. But I have to be truly honest with you: it is, to put it simply, an armpit.
Someone tried to convince me that Paris was the centre of the world recently – “Well of course, France is right in the [...]

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