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Dear Friends of French Affaires Allow me to introduce French Affaires Associate Maud Hacker. Many of you know her already. We have now completed ten trips together. She worked with Elizabeth on various projects (and they competed for favorite shopping items!) and she joined me at French Affaires on the “Paris at the Holidays” 2021…
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Dear Friends of French Affaires It is that time of year to warm up our “Joyeux Noël” as Christmas approaches. I trust you are all well and ready to enjoy the approaching Holidays. For French Affaires, 2022 has been a busy and productive year. I am just back from the popular “Paris at the Holidays”…
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Dear Friends of French Affaires As you know, I am excited to be able to continue Elizabeth’s fine work at French Affaires. Two successful trips took place in Burgundy and Lyon in September and October 2021, followed by the popular “Paris at the Holidays” offering. These are being offered again in 2022. You can see…
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Bonjour France friends! There is lots of good news and other news coming from the Hexagon these days including the French government’s four-part plan to reopen to both residents and visitors over the next several weeks. Keep reading to find out these details as well as discover the latest new museum openings in Paris, a…
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Tucked away on a quiet street near the Tuileries gardens and just a stone’s throw from the raucous Rue de Rivoli is one of Paris’s best restaurant treasures – and one of my regular hangouts. It’s also home to my favorite Parisian neon sign. Located at 36, Rue du Mont Thabor in the first arrondissement,…
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It’s Easter Monday and an official holiday in France, the culmination of le Carême (Lent), and also the last day of the long French holiday weekend. Le lundi de Pâques marks the end of la semaine sainte (Holy Week) which starts with Palm Sunday – le Dimanche des Rameaux. My favorite Palm Sunday in France…
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With the current travel and world uncertainties, I am thinking it’s an opportune moment to share a few best French book recommendations collected over the 35 years of my French life. I have my thoughts about the current virus crisis but will leave it to the experts and government officials to communicate their expertise, recommendations…
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It’s easy to think that France has always been one big ‘happy hexagon’ (referring to its current six-sided geographical shape), a uniform cultural entity that was and always has been FRANCE. But this is far from the case. France’s official borders have expanded and contracted over the centuries like an accordian, and various French regions…
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Bonjour France friends! It has been a spectacular fall in the French countryside near Paris. Lately rain and grisaille have set in but sun, mild temperatures and beautiful days have been the menu de la saison both chez nous in the village of Courances and while I have been on the road sharing Normandy, Corsica…
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