C’est les vacances! Everyone knows that the French are world champions of the watered down work week and the wondrous six week minimum paid vacation. But did anyone ever stop to ask where les français GO en vacances? Ask no more! They go to their résidence secondaire (second home) if they’re lucky enough to have one. […]
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Now here’s a question to contemplate on a stormy day in Paris as I gaze at my dark green, almost black “jardin” and watch the rain pelt down on the flowers whose petals I just lovingly cleaned up: Why do people write about the French? I thought about this after receiving the following question, one
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If you’ve read my books or heard me speak about my life in France, you’ve heard about my French mother-in-law (belle-mère in French, a prettier term than the English one by far). She passed away last Sunday at the age of 98 so this is the moment to pay tribute to an exceptional and much-loved
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