Remarkable trees in France
France is remarkable in many ways, including in trees. We recently published an article about the remarkable trees in Paris and now below you’ll find some for the rest of France. We were out on a bike ride a few kilometers from home the other day and came across a tree planted in 1556! It was huge! And in great shape. The tree is called the Platane de Diane ...
The Seine – A fleuve, part 1
A specific word in French indicates rivers that end in oceans : fleuve. Getting my hair cut the other day in Boulogne Billancourt not far from the Seine I asked my coiffeuse, an immigrant like myself, if she knew anything about the Seine. « I know it’s a floose » she replied. Everyone in the salon erupted in laughter. This fleuve is no floose. Traversing ...
Darkness is coming – Bicycle visibility
Darkness is coming – Bicycle visibility (for joggers too)! When daylight savings time ends and you have daylight from only 8 am to 4 pm there’s a lot of bike riding to be done in the dark. How can you put the odds of being seen on your side? Bicycle visibility! Some things are pretty obvious: florescent shirt, reflective vest, headlights and tail ...
Moving to Paris made easy
Moving to Paris So you are moving to the city of love! Good news! However, Paris and the French organisation in general can be painful for the unprepared. Several Japanese tourists moving to Paris have suffered the so-called “Paris syndrome” – a shock after discovering the difference between the fairy tale city they imagined and the dark reality of ...
484,000 Trees in Paris
There are no less than 484,000 trees in Paris! This makes Paris one of the most treed cities in Europe and here we’re only counting the «public» trees. trees lining public streets (96 500); trees in parks and gardens (36 500); trees in cemeteries (34 000); trees along the Péripherique (8000); trees in school yards and sports areas (9 000); trees in the ...
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Remarkable trees in France
Lost in Frenchlation – Mon Garçon – October 20th
The Seine – A fleuve, part 1
Book corner
Darkness is coming – Bicycle visibility
Moving to Paris made easy
