Stranger in Bordeaux

16 juin 2011

French Paradox

I cannot stop to marvel at the beauty of Bordeaux. All the houses in residential neighborhoods are different, clean and cared for. Each house has a spacious garden with many flowers and trees, which obviously take a lot of work to make them look neat....

Posté par phys_phys à 22:41 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: France, garden, neighborhood, paradox

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

15 juin 2011

Clumsy Lover

From what I see, French men do conform to the existing opinion that they are skilled seducers – my physics friends are very “smooth” with women, even in the situations with no romantic interest… …unlike me… There are quite a few girls working on the same...

Posté par phys_phys à 19:38 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: French, flirt, girls

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

14 juin 2011

Panties

H&M store in Bordeaux. I was standing in line to fitting rooms. The couple who were standing in front of me were a tall fit American girl with strong beautiful legs and her similarly fit boyfriend. Compared to French, whose dress and make-up always underscore...

Posté par phys_phys à 18:38 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: clothes, couple, love, relationship

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

13 juin 2011

Writing on a wall

Much can be said about the country by what its people write/draw on walls:- In America it is often "Jesus" - the symbol of their faith- In Israel people draw the Star of David - the symbol of their nation- In Russia it is a dirty word (usually the three-letter...

Posté par phys_phys à 18:49 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: France, Russia, manger, mur

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

13 juin 2011

Drunk French

Riding along the tram tracks is the mark of Bordeaux bicyclists. Riding on a sidewalk is prohibited (unlike in Israel), whereas riding in the driveway is suicidal (very much like in New York). The tram tracks, on the other hand, are just a part of the...

Posté par phys_phys à 07:53 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bordeaux, bicycle, drunk, tram

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

12 juin 2011

Religion

This weekend is a Pentecost holiday (the Christian equivalent of Jewish Shavuot, 50 days after the Passover). What I found surprizng is the contradiction between the fact that the religious holidays are the national days-off, but in the same time most...

Posté par phys_phys à 10:07 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bordeaux, France, religion, school

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

12 juin 2011

Intermixing

I am very positively impressed by the cultural integration in France. It is most noticeable when it comes to the interracial couples. You will rarely meet such couples in the US, even in such a diverse city as New York. Indeed, most ethnic/cultural communities...

Posté par phys_phys à 09:21 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

11 juin 2011

Girl-Soldiers

I am trying to revive my good old habit of taking a walk in the evening. There is a nice route that I have already taken several times – first I follow an almost straight sequence of streets from my place to the square with the City Hall - this takes...

Posté par phys_phys à 08:02 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

10 juin 2011

Dressing funny

I noticed that French do not dress as randomly as in other countries. Even though women pay a lot of attention to their dress, very often the basic principle is “to wear what looks good on me.” French go beyond that – there are clearly certain established...

Posté par phys_phys à 08:32 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

9 juin 2011

Introduction

My name is Vadim. I am a physics researcher at Université Bordeaux 1. I recently moved to France and this blog is about my life here, my impressions about French people and their life, and my thoughts on various related subjects.

Posté par phys_phys à 20:19 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bordeaux, introduction, rencontres

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote