Jack Bauer has been spotted in Paris
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.
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I’ve invited a homeless man to have lunch… Now you know how I feel.
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…
Monochronic or polychronic, that’s the difference… Which are you?
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.
Public transportation around Paris: … Yes you can hugg me and I will hugg you back
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.
Our transition is like… jogging
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.
Customer service in France – My life is in your hands, o great servant
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.
Driving in France – What ya lookin at?
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.
How the French stay so thin
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.
Visit my Chamber
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
Buying a car in France
Posted in bureaucracy, driving, living in france on Aug 15th, 2008
We bought a car in France in July. It’s a peugeot 307. We found it through www.lacentrale.fr. We had to buy a car to go to the Netherlands the first weekend of July. So we were in a hurry and we didn’t have a car to go see other cars. So we were restricted to [...]