The Paris Traveler

I stumbled upon a blog the other day that I found to be not only entertaining, but also informative for those of you who love France, but don’t speak the language. Or perhaps you speak just a little, but you’re not really comfortable carrying on an intense conversation. In the short time that I’ve been blogging here, I’m pleased to say that my readers come from more than 60 countries! I know that many of you are multi-lingual, yet I don’t know how many of you speak French. So, for those of you who would like to get a feel for the language, or …read more

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Let me vent here a little, afterall what good is having a blog if you can’t vent, right?! I have this pet peeve that drives me crazy! I’m an avid reader and I love not only books, but also reading newspapers, magazines, other blogs, etc. but I can’t for the life of me understand why people think it’s necessary to show others how much (or how little) French they know!
I really haven’t found this phenomenon used so extensively with any other language than French. Do people actually think it’s so chic, or that others will be so impressed, when they …read more

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Clara over at Tips of All Sorts has five great video clips about Kim Peek who is better know as “Rain Man” depicted by Dustin Hoffman in the awarding winning film by the same name.
It’s part of a fascinating documentary about the man, who some say is, “the world’s greatest savant.” Since the influence of computers and search engines in our daily lives, Peek has also become known as “a living Google”! All I can say is we sat around and watched the videos in awe.
I know, this is a blog about Paris, but so what. From time to time …read more

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