In Paris, I had decided that there were no … how shall I say? generously sized people in France. I’d seen a few folks who maybe could stand to lose 10 pounds, but no more. Most Parisians are stylishly svelte, and overweight foreign tourists stick out like sore thumbs in a crowded cafe. In Paris, [...]
Archive for June 9th, 2010
L’alimentation des Francais
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L’provencal
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I don’t think I can say a lot more about the landscape of Provence – so many have rhapsodized about it. A really fun book to read sometime is Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence – about his journey from life in London as an advertising exec to life in the Luberon region of Provence. [...]
L’Orangerie, l’aerporte
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Sunday was a quiet day in Paris. The morning was rather gray – it rained hard early in the morning. Again it has become my habit to wake up much earlier than Len, and I read quietly in the living area while he dozed. The clouds were still low and gray when he woke up, [...]
