Marrakesh
“What does Morocco mean to a Frenchman? An orange-grove or a job in government service. Or to an Englishman? Camels, castles, palm-trees, Foreign Legionnaires, brass trays and bandits. One could probably live here […]
The Glasgow of France
This week’s adventure was in beautiful Marseille, which fittingly enough has been described as “the Glasgow of France”. A home away from home, if you will. It looks like this…. […]
LDN
Well, dear blog, another weekend, another jet-setting trip, this is the whirlwind lifestyle I’ve become accustomed to. Anyone who tells you I spend 80% of my waking hours sweating from […]
Les vacances d’hiver
Welcome to your bumper holiday edition of belledejournal. That’s right, everyone’s favourite non-religous holiday “winter holiday” has now been and gone. Get set to read about a giant bird’s nest, […]
Enjoy your whiteness!
It’s the last week before a week’s holidays….yay for mid-term holidays. My classes this semester are largely oral (which for those of who didn’t become desensitised to the word ‘oral’ […]
Would you like to see a dead elephant?
So after 3 glorious weeks home (and by 3 glorious weeks, I mean 2 glorious weeks and one flu-riddled icky one) our heroine has returned to the dizzying heights of […]
My Arab Spring
If I was some Syrian rebel trying to ignite the uprising I’d be fucking terrible. I’d see someone setting fire to themself at a market and be like, wow that’s […]
Paris en famille
I started writing an entry ages ago and then got distracted so I have decided to sack it and start again. Here is a brief summary of the tales you […]
Olivier Twist
Spent last week in Lille, my lovely boyfriend bought me tickets to go and see him since I am still in the Oliver Twist phase of financial security and the […]
La vraie rentrée
There are many things about Tours which I didn’t expect. For example, there is a ridiculous number of vintage cars. When I first got here I assumed there was a […]
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