TAKE A STAND AGAINST BOOK BANS (before it’s too late). Sign up and donate to the ALA (American Library Association). https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/2022-book-bans/
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/24/book-banning-is-tyranny/
The SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer) is France’s national train network. I love train travel. As you know, I recently took the SNCF from Paris to Barcelona, a seven hour journey. I...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/23/new-advertising-campaign-for-sncf/
Who doesn’t like seersucker? Last year in the June sales I went everywhere trying to find a seersucker blazer. I found one in a Gérard Darel boutique in Lille, but it wasn’t my size. So I ga...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/21/a-crisp-chic-seersucker-blazer/
This was the song at the top of the charts when I arrived in France. Vanessa was 14 here. She became an overnight sensation and France’s darling. Eleven years later she’d meet Johnny Depp and...
The other day I stumbled across a YouTube video entitled “Why so many people are fleeing Canada”. Intrigued, I watched these videos and learned a few things. For those who don’t know, I was...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/15/why-canadians-and-immigrants-are-leaving-canada/
Designed by Frank Gehry, this dazzling arts centre is to be found in the Bois de Boulogne on Paris’s west side. The iconic structure resembles a ship with billowing sails, what Gehry calls “f...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/14/warhol-and-basquiat-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton-arts-center/
Another beautiful flight back to Paris on an early Saturday evening. Thank you again, Air France, for transporting me safely back to my home destination. The crowds arrived (in Valencia) on the S...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/09/adios-valencia-ill-be-back/
It’s the start of the long Easter weekend, and I’m so glad I’m here and far from the cooler clime and political unrest of France. Today was a perfect day, and it’s not yet over. I spent a...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/07/im-in-paradise-a-sunny-paradise/
I’ve just returned to my rental apartment (it’s 9:45 pm) after eating a delicious dinner at a nearby brasserie. Simple food, but darn good. As I walked home in the dark (two short blocks), I ...
You would think that a fluent French speaker would be able to pick up Spanish easily. But that’s not my case. I recognize many (similar) words, but stringing them together into a coherent sente...
https://julietinparis.net/2023/04/04/no-hablo-espanol-i-dont-speak-spanish/