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Vélo’V

Posted in France, Lyon on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lyon is the 2nd largest city in France (after Paris), with a population of 3 million if you include the surrounding urban area.  As a result, it obviously needs a good transport system – in addition to the ubiquitous metros, buses and trams, the city came up with the great idea of putting bikes at [...]

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The Lyon Den

Posted in France, Lyon, Moving, University on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My new home for the next 3 months and 2 weeks: Lyon, France.  As the final part of my degree I have to do a final year project at a French university, so here I am.  At the end of the 3 months I graduate, and who knows where I’ll be after that!  All I [...]

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Border Crossings

Posted in Borders, Cycling, France, New Year, Skiing, Switzerland on January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The plan today was to spend the first day of the new year skiing in the Jura mountains.  Just across Lake Geneva from the Alps, the Jura mountains, which straddle the Swiss-French border, ‘only’ go up to 1720m (Le Crêt de la Neige), but during the winter get plenty of snow and so have a [...]

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King Cake

Posted in Cooking, Cultural differences, Cultures, France, Recipes, Traditions on September 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a plum tart I made, which started a discussion (look at the comments on the plum tart post) about the tradition of making and eating (well, mainly the tradition of eating) King cake. Wikipedia has an interesting entry all about the different cakes and practices in [...]

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Plum Tart

Posted in Blogs, Cooking, Food, France, Recipes on August 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »

A recent post by Sara on her blog Safari reminded me of one of the reasons I created this blog – to share recipes, whether they are common Western dishes, more exotic Asian, African, Mexican, etc. dishes that I’ve picked up over the years or simply local specialities from wherever I happen to be at [...]

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Villeneuve lez Avignon

Posted in France, Things to do, Travelling on August 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I spent the afternoon yesterday wandering around Villeneuve lez Avignon, a town just across the Rhône river, opposite the well-known city of Avignon. While Avignon is fairly large, with a huge influx of tourists during the summer months, Villeneuve-lez-Avignon remains very quiet, despite being just a few kilometers down the road. Although Avignon is a [...]

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That disgruntled, ripped-off feeling…

Posted in Clarinet, France, Music on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today I bought some new reeds for my clarinet, and I noticed that they now come individually wrapped.  They’re Vandoren reeds (well-known) and come in a box of ten, as before, but each one is individually wrapped to keep each reed at the ‘ideal’ environmental conditions before use, in particular during shipping and storage.  I [...]

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