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7 juillet 2011

Medical examination

Medical examination
Every foreigner planning to spend extended time in France (i.e. more than the three months allowed to a tourist) has to undergo a medical examination. I felt very apprehensive about it – perhaps due to the tedious and rather invasive medical examinations...
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Tags: France,  examination,  medical

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18 juin 2011

Biscuits rose de Reims

We had a little celebration yesterday, due to a colleague of having received a permanent position in one of the French Universities. This is the first celebration that I had participated in in France, and however casual and small it was, it allowed me...
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Tags: bordeaux,  France,  Champagne,  Reims,  biscuit

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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....
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Tags: France,  garden,  neighborhood,  paradox

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13 juin 2011

Writing on a wall

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...
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Tags: France,  Russia,  manger,  mur

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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...
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Tags: bordeaux,  France,  religion,  school

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