Category: Brocante
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French Country Picnic from the Brocante
A French country picnic next to the vines, olive trees and a small cabanon. The Provence has perfumed air cyprus and pine. Goat cheese, figs, almonds… It is a way of life not to be confused nor…
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French Husband Echoed my Thoughts
A few months ago French Husband said he thought that our Paris apartment looked too bare, he wanted it to be more like our home. Gee, is that the best dream like thing to say… "Fill it up!" or…
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Sunday Brocante
Sunday brocante, sunrise to sunset, go when you want. One of the added surprises of going to the brocante is discovering old towns. This weekend we went to places we had never been before. Beautiful villages, Beautiful…
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French Antique Love Letters
French antique love letters are hard to come by. Love letters aren't just between two lovers, the one above was written to someone's grandfather. The love letters that I found are on embossed paper (14 x…
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The Violin Player
My grandfather asked his children, "Who would like to learn to play a musical instrument?" As an immigrant farmer, he wanted to give his children an opportunity he did not have. My mother, the youngest of seven, asked to…
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The Monster Louvre: Playing I spy in the 435 rooms.
The Louvre is a monster in the heart of Paris, beating to the sound of over 30,000 pieces of art. Over 30,000 pieces of art. That means if I spent one mere second looking at each of the 30,000 pieces,…