My stories about moving to Paris, france and other things I find interesting or useful
Posted in Business, living in france on Mar 13th, 2010
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. //
Posted in driving, living in france on Dec 27th, 2009
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.
Posted in living in france, reflection on Nov 30th, 2008
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… //
Posted in communication, living in france on Nov 13th, 2008
No they are not diseases. They are not forms of art. They are ways of time orientation. They determine the way you view and interact with the world. They are different ways to manage time. Let me explain to you how this influences me and how I needed to adapt. //
Posted in living in france on Nov 1st, 2008
One of the things that I like a lot around Paris is the public transportation system. But as with all things in France different rules apply also to the concept of public transportation. Let me share with you some of my experiences. //
Posted in living in france, reflection on Oct 13th, 2008
Recently nothing really surprising or funny has happened over here. However I have started to pickup something new over here: jogging. Let me tell you what I’ve learned from jogging as a way to look back on the first 5 months here. //
Posted in bureaucracy, living in france, shopping on Sep 14th, 2008
It is true, there is customer service in France, if you know where how to get it . We ordered furniture in IKEA and this is how we got customer service. There are more examples of this trick working. //
Posted in driving, living in france on Sep 14th, 2008
I have driven in several countries now. Every one of them being different. Let me just give you my observations. //
Posted in cuisine, living in france on Sep 4th, 2008
This story you will find in may books about France, it’s about the French and their food. But because it’s such an important one I name it here as well with the addition of a small analysis. //
Posted in language, living in france on Aug 17th, 2008
Whenever you have to move to France you have to learn the language. As I do not have any barrier to communication I just go out there and try. In doing so I make mistakes. I’ve written some of these mistakes below, beware not suitable for our younger readers //
