My stories about moving to Paris, france and other things I find interesting or useful
Mar 22nd, 2010 by Jeroen
For my work as a strategic analyst I have a lot of presentations to make. These presentations always contain a lot of figures, graphs, footnotes and the likes. As I was not born with the ability to directly spot all these kind of details I need to force myself into a mode of working that still produces good quality work. Therefore this cheat sheet. Continue Reading »
Mar 13th, 2010 by Jeroen
This week I sat in on a demonstration of a large company’s presentation of cartography software. I was wondering to find out how this would be different from the one’s I had attended in the Netherlands. Unfortunately it was not. Listen to this if you ever want to sell me something. Continue Reading »
Dec 27th, 2009 by Jeroen
Some Months ago I bought a 125cc motor cycle and have since used it for my daily comute. Let me share some of my experiences with you. Continue Reading »
Jun 1st, 2009 by Jeroen
Today we are living one year in France. It is one year ago that we packed our stuff and moved to this beautifull country. Continue Reading »
May 20th, 2009 by Jeroen
It has been some time now since I’ve written anything. I have been making less language mistakes worth mentioning and life has become a little more “normal”. However recently I’ve been at it again and so I present to you number 4 of my language mistake series. Not suitable for our younger readers. Continue Reading »
Mar 28th, 2009 by Jeroen
In Paris I cross the street every day.In paris this is different from the Netherlands. Let me tell you how I cross the street in Paris… the Dutch way. Use the contents of this post at your own risk! Continue Reading »
Jan 25th, 2009 by Jeroen
We had two friends over from the Netherlands to celebrate new years eve. So when it turned midnight we went over to a terrace from which you can view all of Paris in Saint Germain en Laye. Continue Reading »
Dec 21st, 2008 by Jeroen
One of the difficult things in learning the French language is to understand which things are feminine and which are masculine. But the use of this goes ever further, let me tell you about it.
Dec 14th, 2008 by Jeroen
We have been living here for about month now. The number of really bad language mistakes has dropped. However I have collected some in this 3rd language post.
Nov 30th, 2008 by Jeroen
Recently I have invited a homeless man whom I have been seeing on my way to work to have lunch with me in a restaurant across from where he always is. This is what happened… Continue Reading »