I normally speak to groups that invite me because they’re interested in the subject of my talk, whether some aspect of travel, wine, culture, writing or travel journalism. But at this recent event the group didn’t have any prior interest in France as far as I could tell, so I was unsure about the best approach to speak to them about the country where I live.
A Dane and an American walk into a bakery in Paris, one orders a pistachio crumble, the other a brownie. The baker says… Read this sad tale of French service in which the author is berated for ordering a brownie inefficiently.
Service at my local post office has improved over the years, but as this recent experience shows modernizing and privatizing a French post office doesn’t necessarily modernize and humanize the employees.
I went to Philadelphia last week to attend, along with about 55 other guests, the friendly Francophile ceremony by which Joanne Silver received the decoration of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques, the most prestigious [...]
