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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 5h

It’s in the quarter of Paris where many Indians live that I’m staying. Indian restaurants abound as well as shops selling saris and silks, and shops that specialise in sending money back home. I love it. We have Bollywood films...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (293808) • Rockingham, Australia 10h

Happy 1st December, everyone! We’re off to finish off some brick-paving soon. There might be a bit more to do later but we’ll finish one section today. It’s Vince’s brother’s birthday today and we’re taking him chocolates. He...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev This year’s nouveau Beaujolais arrived in Paris two weeks ago and I feel like I’ve been washing in it ever since. My brother has a rather well-stocked cellar and shifts rather a lot. In France of course wine is not considered as an alcoholic drink -...

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Fleur @Fleura (23124) • United Kingdom 15h

I wrote a while ago about my chilli pepper harvest https://www.mylot.com/post/3530947/how-to-store-chillies I looked at things to do with chillies and one thing I found was a recipe for sweet chilli jam, so I thought I would try...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Goodness that sounds good. I love chilli jam/jelly/marmalade or whatever

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Lou Avul @LouAvul (2278) 19h

How ludicrous is it that people think it's okay to spend more than you make and buy things that you can't afford and use the holiday as an excuse for poor decision making? I used to think I was an average American. But recent...

christmas

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Fiacre Banks @louavul I’ll weigh in too. I refuse to get into debt for a few hours of self indulgence once a year. What I observe is that poorer families who splurge on Christmas buy a load of shoddy crap that breaks very soon. It shocks a lot of people that as a ‘man of...

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (293808) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Nov

Our friends visited last night and told us all about hot-air ballooning. The trip in a balloon was a gift for the husband’s 75th birthday and included two night’s accommodation in a hotel close to the take-off site. Our friends...

western australia

hot air ballooning

birthday

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Is there a toilet on board? I think it would be necessary for nervous fliers. You would need to be sure that such a gift would be appreciated before buying it for someone.

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Lou Avul @LouAvul (2278) 19h

It doesn't get much weirder than this. First of all, is this the type of professional appearance you want from a senior white house official? This is his Twitter photo. His name is Sam Brinton and he is a biological male who...

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Now that’s NOT what was going down when I walked off with another man’s suitcase in Paris last week!!! But back to your story - I don’t know if I want to live in a world that produces such nonsense. I know where I’d like to see those stilettos...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 18h

Cities are at their best at dawn in my opinion, devoid of tourists at such an hour. The only people around are street cleaners, cats returning home after a night on the prowl, people hurrying to work and me. So at the skreigh of...

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Fiacre Banks @louavul What’s even odder is people thinking I’d want to sit in an Irish bar drinking Guinness while on holiday in Paris. ???

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 29 Nov

Can there be any better way to arrive in Paris (or any other European city) than by train? It felt good to glide into Gare Montparnasse last week in the early afternoon on the sleek, steady train from St Malo. No fuss, no horrid...

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Fiacre Banks @LadyDuck Yes I’ve seen it! I remember that Ford’s wife ordered a “café au lait ” from room service in an American accent and the waiter replied sarcastically “Oui Madame, un café crème”

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 18h

Cities are at their best at dawn in my opinion, devoid of tourists at such an hour. The only people around are street cleaners, cats returning home after a night on the prowl, people hurrying to work and me. So at the skreigh of...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 29 Nov

Can there be any better way to arrive in Paris (or any other European city) than by train? It felt good to glide into Gare Montparnasse last week in the early afternoon on the sleek, steady train from St Malo. No fuss, no horrid...

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Fiacre Banks @louavul Sitting there looking lost and lonely.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 29 Nov

Can there be any better way to arrive in Paris (or any other European city) than by train? It felt good to glide into Gare Montparnasse last week in the early afternoon on the sleek, steady train from St Malo. No fuss, no horrid...

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Fiacre Banks @ladyduck at Charles de Gaulle we had to walk for 15 minutes then take a shuttle train to get luggage then walk another 15 minutes to get to the train into the city. Never again.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 23h

Trundling through Gare du Nord train station early this morning I heard a man behind me shouting “monsieur, monsieur”. Hardly surprising in Paris so I trundled on. The voice persisted and I got the impression that I might be the...

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Fiacre Banks @ladyduck I wish I knew his name.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 23h

Trundling through Gare du Nord train station early this morning I heard a man behind me shouting “monsieur, monsieur”. Hardly surprising in Paris so I trundled on. The voice persisted and I got the impression that I might be the...

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Fiacre Banks @maluse November is our favourite time of year to be in Paris - it’s all mist and melancholy! Moreover, this is when the Nouveau Beaujolais arrives each year.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 23h

Trundling through Gare du Nord train station early this morning I heard a man behind me shouting “monsieur, monsieur”. Hardly surprising in Paris so I trundled on. The voice persisted and I got the impression that I might be the...

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 29 Nov

Can there be any better way to arrive in Paris (or any other European city) than by train? It felt good to glide into Gare Montparnasse last week in the early afternoon on the sleek, steady train from St Malo. No fuss, no horrid...

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Fiacre Banks @popciclecold Train is the way to go here in France.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (293808) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Nov

The photo has no connection with the discussion. It’s Chopper, the blue heeler from our last house-sit. I love how dogs lie like this with their hindlegs straight out behind them. And his legs look ridiculously short here. While...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev Oh beware of Turkish teeth. Sometimes it goes desperately wrong. If it’s cheap it may be too good to be true. People here go for “Turkish teeth” (and other bits too) and many horror stories are told. Hope it works out for Yasser.

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Sharon Elton @sharonelton (14727) • Lichfield, England 29 Nov

This morning it was terribly foggy and frosty on the ground. When I came to go out most of it was gone but it still looked very dull. I didn't think I'd need to check the weather app because I could see what the weather was like...

shopping

tesco

cold

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Fiacre Banks @sharonelton Mine has been foggy too. I love Paris in the fog.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (293808) • Rockingham, Australia 29 Nov

When we are house-sitting, we often pick up good ideas or see things that we think would suit us. In the photo, you can see a dish-drainer. This is the second house we’ve been in that doesn’t have a dish-washer. Although we have...

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Fiacre Banks @judyev They are extraordinarily useful, if mundane. We are trying not to use our dish washer and value a good dish drainer.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (11053) • Ireland 29 Nov

Can there be any better way to arrive in Paris (or any other European city) than by train? It felt good to glide into Gare Montparnasse last week in the early afternoon on the sleek, steady train from St Malo. No fuss, no horrid...

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Fleur @Fleura (23124) • United Kingdom 29 Nov

My Christmas cactus plants are all coming into flower just now. I love these plants and have had some for many years. I have the more ‘traditional’ variety with red flowers, as well as others with pale pink, shocking pink and...

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Fiacre Banks @fleura Ours are a bit hit and miss but always pretty.

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