Category Archives: France

Ahhhh! Day One…

Posted on Mar 6, 2023 by TanGental
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November 11th And Giving Thanks To A Small Statue And Many, Many Men And Women #remembranceday

Posted on Nov 11, 2021 by TanGental

My brother, the Archaeologist wrote this piece for my blog back in 2014 when we were thinking about the 100th anniversary of the start of that god-awful conflict. On this day of days, a unusually mild and beautiful November here … Continue reading →

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Part Four: Ten do’s and don’t’s for the Anglo-Saxon visitor to France #france #french

Posted on Jun 13, 2019 by TanGental

Do go. Don’t go via Calais unless you hail from Redditch in which case the comparison will be positive Do try and speak the language Don’t try too hard to speak the language because you won’t understand the answer – … Continue reading →

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Part Three: Working The French #france #french

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 by TanGental

Et encore more reminiscences of La Belle France Work. I’ve had to visit Paris many times through my work. Conferences, partners get togethers, client meetings and marketing trips, one football tour with the office eleven and the final meeting in … Continue reading →

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Part Two: You Old (French) Romantic #france #french

Posted on Jun 11, 2019 by TanGental

More reminiscences of France… I married in 1984, May and we decided to postpone a proper honeymoon until later because, well, we were pretty skint. But, in case that wasn’t romantic enough, we had four days in Paris. It didn’t … Continue reading →

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Part one: My French Debut #france #french

Posted on Jun 10, 2019 by TanGental

I’m in France for most of this week so I thought a series of posts on my experiences of all things French. As our nearest neighbours – I am speaking as a Brit not as an Englishman, just to clear … Continue reading →

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Moi Aussi #walking #france

Posted on May 12, 2016 by TanGental

Ah La Belle France! I’ve had a few days, with three old friends, walking near Jarnac, which in turn is near Cognac (notice the …ac suffix, not sure what that means but there are a lot of acs in that … Continue reading →

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