Outside France

France is not so far away…

12 August 2011
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Imagine waking up to a rich sea of fresh lavender – you’re in the quintessential Provence villa of your dreams, complete with open shutters and copper pots hanging on old nails in the stone walls. The paint’s a little chipped in your sitting room but you wouldn’t change a thing; after all, it adds to [...]

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Dreaming of France with Fleurishing

5 August 2011
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Already a blogger I was interested in meeting, Lindsey from Lost in Cheeseland insisted over coffee at a quaint Paris café a few months back that I connect with Susan from Fleurishing. How could I disagree? After chatting on twitter and through our blogs, Susan and I were finally able to get together over the [...]

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One Long Summer Afternoon

30 July 2011
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It should be no secret; I have been M.I.A. from the blogosphere as summer temperatures score to the highest of the nineties. And the clock ticks closer to my departure to Paris, and To-Do lists continue to be ignored (or should I say, unwritten?), but I’m thoroughly enjoying the time I have left in good [...]

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City Guide: Zurich

21 April 2011
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There is an alluring modesty to Zurich unmatched by its sister European cities. Of course, this seems almost contradictory considering it’s easy to drop nearly $40 on just the entrée at the simplest of restaurants and the streets are filled with executives looking sharp in their freshly pressed black suits. But the unpretentious air in Zurich [...]

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Capturing Zurich

20 April 2011
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Traveling to and fro has completely wiped me out! As if the hopping on and off trains (6 in 5 days) while lugging a 500 ton suitcase up a million flights of stairs wasn’t enough, the excitement to explore Zurich and now the Lorraine have not left me wanting for restoration. Of course this only [...]

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