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Made in France, My 2019 Diary
For 2019 I decided to try to find Made in France products each time I made a purchase and keep a Made in France Diary.
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Paris/France and Body Parts
Welcome to a new
series, which we’re calling “Paris/France and…”
–the “and” being categories (such as colors, food groups,
the classical ...
French Economics: an industrial rebirth ?
Factories are timidly returning to the French landscape. In the first six months of 2018 thirty five of them cropped up! While this doesn’t constitute ...
Get out of Town: The Somme
The Somme department in the region of Picardy just two hours north of Paris, is not on the usual tourist circuit, but nevertheless has a ton of places ...
La Lune / The Moon
The Moon is universal, fascinating, benevolent, but not made out of cheese as the Apollo 11 astronauts confirmed just 50 years ago. It is one of the ...
More French entrepreneur families
The Despature Family – Damart Thermolactyl
More than 400 million pieces of Thermolactyl clothing have been sold since its invention in 1953. The ...
