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Whilst wandering the streets of Paris I was haunted by my high school French teacher.
Yes, a woman who I haven’t seen nor heard from since my last day of French class is still walking around in my head and although I suspect she has since retired, as I walked around every corner, I fully […]
Dear DB & SNCF,
Ok, so my train from Frankfurt to Paris-Est (ICE 9556) is running approximately 22 minutes late.
I could be upset about this, or the fact that I had to cross platforms at Saarbrücken to board a different train set because of a “technical fault” with my train, but I am not.
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A year or so ago, I picked up Stephen Clarke’s book, A Year in the Merde. It was an amusing take exploring how an Englishman spent his year living in France, dealing with the peculiarities that come with the French setting.
Although I enjoyed the book, I never felt like buying the sequels to the […]
Despite having lived in Europe for three years and connecting at Paris CDG at least five times, I’ve never actually been to Paris.
This changed Sunday when I stepped off my flight from Leipzig and made my way to my hotel in Paris. In the heart of Paris’ Marsais. Fourth Arrondissement, corner of Rue de […]
Saturday was dominated by the weather: It was rainy.
While it wasn’t heavy, it did discourage me from taking the not free Cold War walking tour of Berlin from the same company that offered the free Berlin tour that I took Friday.
Instead I picked up The Guardian and had breakfast at Café Berio, which […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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