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Fasc. 3, Lvr. III – mai 2024 La vie continue
April Was for Avignon And for a lot of other things too, but Avignon was the highlight for us. This April is noticeably cooler than what we experienced last year, and with a lot more wind. We also had a marvelous return visit to Palavas-les-Flots at the beginning of the month. Situated at the mouth…
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Fascicle 2, Livre II La vie continue
– Aux Armes ! Citoyens ! … Mon panthéon des auteurs des très belles-lettres de France This is my panthéon of my French literary “heroes” and “heroines”, the authors whom I consider to be the best in the history of French literature. It is personal and quite arbitrary. I have selected them from a very long list…
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Fascicle 1, Livre II, Notre Avenue des Champs-Élysées
(Also known in Montpellier as Avenue Georges Clemenceau) Clockwise from top left: 1. the entrance to our building 2. looking back toward our building at 55 bis Ave. Georges Clemenceau 3. looking up toward Cour Gambetta 4. looking down Ave. Georges Clemenceau from Cour Gambetta The name of a mysterious place in Greek mythology –…
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The best laid schemes…gang aft a-gley
As I write this Bonny and I are supposed to be in Bordeaux for we had planned to come here yesterday on the TGV. This was supposed to be a full day of seeing the sights in this eponymous city of wine. However… [Note bene: I know many of you like to see lots of…
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27 janvier 2024 – La Vie Quotidien
January will most likely be the coldest month of the year here. We’ve had a few days where the temperatures stayed near freezing, and two days of soaking rain, but with the increasing time of daylight we’ve had some days with temperatures reaching the upper 60s (Fahrenheit) along with clear blue skies. We took advantage…
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Bonne année à tous!
Bonne année à tous ! Even though we’re two weeks into 2024 now, I think it’s still okay to say that, even though the celebrations are over and some resolutions made might have already been broken, but one tradition we were certain to keep… We brought in the new year at our favorite boite, Le…
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Quelle est la ville?
Qu’est-ce que Montpellier? What is the city? What is Montpellier? I want to describe what Montpellier is for me, but to do that I first must tell you what I think the city is. Arguably the city is the crowning achievement of our over 40 thousand years of civilization; and, for me, Montpellier is one…
La Vie de Montpellier 