December 2005 Newsletter
December 2nd, 2005 at 3:27 pmFrom www.americansinfrance.net Riots From late October to the middle of November France saw its worst civil violence in over thirty years. Not since 1968 when over 10 million workers went on strike and students set up barricades in numerous French ci ...
November 2005 Newsletter
November 2nd, 2005 at 2:52 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net The Last Flight of a B-26 In November 1944 in the woods of the village of Plottes (near Tournus in Burgundy) an American B-26 crashed killing all nine crewmembers. Here is the story of that flight and how the people of ...
October 2005 Newsletter
September 30th, 2005 at 9:08 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net 2007 Presidential Election (update) In last month's newsletter I handicapped the 2007 French Presidential Election. I left out one major candidate – Ségolène Royal, her husband, François Hollande I placed in the c ...
September 2005 Newsletter
September 2nd, 2005 at 10:18 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net 2007 Presidential Election I though I'd take a shot at handicapping the 2007 Presidential election. The campaign at present is in stealth mode. In France the campaign dynamic is much different than in other countries li ...
August 2005 Newsletter
August 1st, 2005 at 8:19 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Les Blues France seems to be going through the blues right now. Nothing seems to be going right. The latest setback was the loss of the 2012 Olympics, Paris the favorite, lost to London. This is one of many recent Frenc ...
July 2005 Newsletter
July 3rd, 2005 at 10:44 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Heat Wave So far this summer feels like a repeat of 2003, when a heat wave swept through France and Europe. As I write this, the temperature outside is in the 90's and it's been that way for over a week. The summer was ...
June 2005 Newsletter
June 6th, 2005 at 8:11 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Up Coming French Events: Fête de la musique June 21st 2005 - Yearly music festival that takes place throughout France, when I say throughout I mean throughout. Just about every city, town and village will have some typ ...
May 2005 Newsletter
May 3rd, 2005 at 4:45 amMuguets Here is one tradition in France that does not involve food: collecting Muguets (Lily of the Valley) on May 1st. I've known about this tradition for years but last year was the first time I collected Muguets in the wild. Muguets are small plan ...
April 2005 Newsletter
April 5th, 2005 at 3:41 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net Oui ou Non (Yes or No) A national referendum is scheduled May 29th to decide if France will ratify the new European Constitution. At this time the 'Non' vote seems to be winning. But almost half of those asked had not m ...
March 2005 Newsletter
March 4th, 2005 at 8:36 amFrom www.americansinfrance.net What have I learned lately? There are only 15 three-star (highest possible) restaurants outside of Paris according to the 2005 Michelin Red Guide. Due to a mistake this year's Red Guide was delivered one week early. T ...