Last month panic
This is the month when you can’t help but look back to all of the hopes you had or lists you made of expectations of your year abroad and realise […]
Le bonheur est dans le nord
Supermarket magazines don’t lie. PS, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112556/
Interviewing a Hollywood film director
The following takes place in Valenciennes, yes, sleepy wee Valenciennes. One comparatively mild March evening I set off to our local ghetto/ cinema for the Festival de cinéma de Valenciennes. I […]
How to attend a French houseparty succesfully
Take alcohol, put it on the alcohol table and watch it disappearing in to the bellies of others. Yep, that’s right. You take a bottle and everyone shares. Do not […]
Today I saw a rainbow against the setting sun.
It’s not the best photo but that’s my fault for leaving my camera, my baby at home. But I kind of don’t mind; I’ve never seen a rainbow at sunset before […]
The lycée nightmare that is snow.
In Nord Pas-de-Calais at least, we have a system in place which stops all school busses from running at the first snow flake. I think it’s for safety as much […]
After hours chess
Tip: Find good friends and find your local.
Costa Brava
My housemate’s mum was visiting Europe for a month and so I joined the two of them for six days spent at a few spots on the Costa Brava in […]
Being the strange foreigner: “C’est la meuf d’angleterre”
I’m just gonna come out with this; I bloody love being the strange foreigner. Last Friday night I was sat in McDo [where I frequently drink coffee de merde and […]
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1 CAKE”
So why 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I hear you all ask? Well. I’m guessing it’s for forgetful little mugs with no weighing scales like myself. Here is the French […]
