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April 1, 2013

Starting this month we are looking at historical things and places around the world. To kick things [...]

March 29, 2013

La Carreta, “The oxcart” in English, was designated National Labor Symbol on March 22nd, 1988. During the [...]

June 15, 2012

Father’s Day, a celebration that goes back to the Middle Ages Sunday, June 17, 2012, French children [...]

June 2, 2012

France celebrates Mother’s Day – Fête des Mères on June 3. Celebrating women is not a modern concept! [...]

April 7, 2012

Most French people will tell you that bread is a basic food, that they won’t go a [...]

February 15, 2012

Valentine’s Day is over. But let’s still celebrate Love by talking of the royal mistresses who often [...]

August 30, 2011

This roundup of posts published by our contributors on their personal blogs is now bi-weekly. Happy reading! [...]

August 9, 2011

Another week, another roundup of posts published by our contributors on their personal blogs. From Anu, one [...]

June 24, 2011

Today, Friday 24 June, is in France the day we celebrate St. John the Baptist and it [...]

June 22, 2011

On May 7, 1945 the German troops surrendered in Western Europe. It was considered the end of [...]

December 8, 2010

Today Portugal celebrates Our Lady of Conception’s Day. She was proclaimed the godmother and Queen of Portugal [...]

July 13, 2010

Thanks to a friend of mine, I have become a regular at the huge second hand clothes [...]

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