Hôtel Dieu has been in existence since 651, making it the oldest hospital in the city and one of the oldest in Europe. Recently there has been threats to close down the emergency room and hospital wards and turn it into a day surgical center, which has provoked a tremendous opposition from the medical community …
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France has offered a safe harbor to bare beasts, at least those belonging to Inna Shevchenko, who comes from Kiev, Ukraine. Inna, aged 23, is one of the cofounders of Femen, which was started in 2008, in her native country to protest various feminist causes. For those unaware of Femen, they are a group of …
My most recent travel to the Adriatic coasts and Ionian islands of Greece, generated again my feelings about the many benefits of traveling. Obviously all getting away involves at some time coming home! In the past, getting away was always more exciting than coming home, not that home did not have its own proper attributes. …
The summer sun finally arrived in Paris after a very long absence. Surprisingly hot temperatures(for Paris) have replaced the cool drizzly days that seemly lingered on since winter. Firing it up the most last Saturday was the feverishly wild and dazzling music of the Carnival Tropical parade. Actually, this past weekend was one of those …
Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States of America, announced on July the 4th, 1803 to the American public, that their country had just about doubled in size due to the Louisiana Purchase. Of course the residents, living in that vast swath of land west of the entire Mississippi river did not even …
Just a quick notice that the blog has been on a little pause this week, but promises to resume next week from July the 4 th. I am in the midst of chasing sunshine and new adventures on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, Montenegro and the western islands of Greece; Corfu and Cefonlania. After …
Actually , the word supermoon was coined by an astrologer Richard Nolle to describe what astronomists call a perigee. A perigee is a moon that falls the closest to earth in its orbit around the earth. Last night’s will be closest to earth, that any full moon will get this year. Because it is nearer, …
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Last weekend was father’s days on both sides of the pond, which is unusual, as mother’s day is always different in the states from France. Not being a father, I am writing this from a perspective as a therapist who has dealt with a lot of fathering issues , and or course as a …
Today is June the 14 th, and one year ago to this day I published my very first post. Now a whole year later, and with 122 articles under my pen so to speak, I feel a sense of personal accomplishment. I decided to celebrate the day by making some éclairs caramel au beurre salé(caramel …
The problems of peeing in Paris is an old one I would say, dating back no doubt to the very first inhabitants of Ile de La Cité; the Parisii tribe. Before the installation of underground sewers, I can hardly imagine what people had to put up with; the open sewage flowing through the streets as a …
Accomplishing and even getting to the top, for some people, does not always lead to a cemented positive self-regard, especially if their self-esteem has been undermined since childhood. Contrary to what you may think, their accomplishments may not hold the same value to them as one would think. In some, this may be initially veiled …
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It always happens each time I return to the states. I am certainly not alone in this, as just about every long-term expat I know goes through the same process of re-acculturation. You might think that it is strange for someone who grew up and was schooled in a certain country’s culture would even have to experience …