Monthly Archives: January 2013

This postcard is one of the most fascinating I have of World War One. It’s fascinating on many levels. First, it may seem surprising to see such an image on a postcard, but what I’ve learned with this collection of postcards, it is that a century ago, they […]

French Infantry – War of 1914

29 Jan, 2013 tagged Army / Infantry / World War One (updated on June 18, 2014)

Ah! Dating a French man! The dream of every foreign woman, and a few gay men too… But how make this dream come true? Do you simply go to the country, you meet the man, and there you go? You wish. But it’s not that easy. One big […]

How to Date a French Man

27 Jan, 2013 tagged Cultural Differences / Dating / Kissing / Relationships / Sex (updated on May 28, 2018)

Two members of the Republican Guard‘s Cavalry having a stroll on Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

Republican Guards on Île St-Louis

24 Jan, 2013 tagged Cavalry / Horses / Paris / Republican Guard (updated on February 19, 2016)

Not my best sunset picture, far from it, but a quite meaningful one though. It was one of my last road trips (and my last sunset) before leaving France in the Fall of 2011. The picture was taken, somewhere near Rocamadour in the Lot (near the hamlet of […]

Sunset

18 Jan, 2013 tagged Lot / Sunset (updated on April 13, 2013)

The Monuments des Girondins. One of Bordeaux‘s most famous monuments. This is what it looked like about a Century ago (the stamp is not easily legible, but it seems that the date is April 1907). It looks pretty much the same nowadays (even though a lot has happened […]

“Monument des Girondins” in Bordeaux, circa 1907

10 Jan, 2013 tagged Bordeaux / Monument aux Girondins (updated on August 14, 2015)

Do you know that despite its appearance, the wildebeest is not a bovine, but an antelope?

Wildebeest

5 Jan, 2013 tagged Beauval / Wildebeest (updated on May 10, 2014)

Beynac Castle, located in the village of Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne department, is one of the many amazing medieval castles that can be found in the area. Beynac is very special in many ways. First of all, its location is simply astounding as it is built on […]

Beynac

2 Jan, 2013 tagged Beynac-et-Cazenac / Castle / Dordogne / Dordogne River / Hundred Years War / Middle-Ages / Périgord (updated on April 13, 2013)

Happy New Year 2013

Happy New Year 2013

1 Jan, 2013 tagged House / New Year / Snow (updated on April 13, 2013)