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Monthly Archives: April 2026
The week that was 17/2026
The aperitif dispatch There will be no weekly recap this week. The blank page can wait; Brittany, as it turns out, cannot. When the weather in this most stoically damp of French regions decides to behave — genuinely behave, blue … Continue reading
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Three days of sun in Brittany II
Or Everything they told you was a lie Golfe du Morbihan · A Monday morning, suspiciously luminous Chris and Jeffrey have departed for England. I have seen them to the door of the weekend, metaphorically speaking, and waved them off … Continue reading
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Escapade en Bretagne I
The noble art of going nowhere fast There is something quietly absurd about traveling nine hours by train to cover a distance a crow would manage in two. But crows don’t have first-class seats, and they certainly don’t have a … Continue reading
Le grand gâchis viticole
🇫🇷 La note du contribuable Pendant des années, les signaux étaient là, visibles pour quiconque voulait bien les regarder. La consommation de vin baisse régulièrement en France et en Europe. Les chiffres ne sont pas un secret. Les tendances n’ont … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Economy, Viticulture
Tagged * viticulture française, agriculture française, arrachage de vignes, crise viticole, déclin rural, export vin, filière viticole, marché du vin, modèle agricole, monde du vin, mondialisation, PAC (Politique agricole commune), politiques agricoles, surproduction, transition agricole, Vin
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L’été
🇫🇷 Deux mois trop tôt, et alors ? Il arrive sans prévenir, sans s’excuser, et avec un aplomb qui forcerait l’admiration même du mistral. Il faut vous dire une chose : sur le calendrier — ce calendrier que l’on a … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday life, French Lifestyle
Tagged early summer, French life, morning routine, Occitanie, simple pleasures, slow living, Summer, sunshine
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The sausage summit
🇬🇧 A geopolitical crisis averted Breaking news from the highest levels of international diplomacy: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces his most delicate mission yet — finding a decent street sausage in Hannover before Brazilian President Lula da Silva notices. The … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Politics
Tagged Belém, Bratwurst, Brazil, Calenberger Pfannenschlag, COP30, Currywurst, Diplomacy, Food Diplomacy, Friedrich Merz, Geopolitics, Gerhard Schröder, German-Brazilian Relations, Germany, Hannover, Hannover Messe, Kanzlerplatte, Lula da Silva, Political Humor, Satire, Straßenimbiss, Summit Meeting, Wurst
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Le fisc arrive / The taxman cometh
🇫🇷 Et il plaisante pas Il existe dans la vie certains rituels qui remplissent l’âme d’une sourde angoisse : le dentiste, le contrôle technique annuel, et le moment où le portail de déclaration des impôts français s’illumine comme un Faucheur … Continue reading
When the Moon photobombs the sun
🇬🇧 and your wife’s birthday There are moments in life when the universe conspires to make a decision for you. Not assist you, mind you. Not nudge you gently in a sensible direction. Full-on, celestial-scale conspire, with dramatics. August 12th, … Continue reading
The month that was – March 2026
🇬🇧 A travel, weather, democracy, and solo-parenting debrief — in no particular order of grievance Spain called. We answered. Obviously. The month opened with roughly the first third of it spent in the suburbs of Alicante, which is the kind … Continue reading
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