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16.33.a - Two Roses, a Kiss, and a Very Late Bedtime
FRANCE AS IT MEANS—The strange history of Grasse, a Yorkshireman's first bise, and the bedtime rules nobody warned you about
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Bonjour — Let Me Introduce Myself
Bonjour — and welcome.
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Two Roses, One Flower
Let me tell you something I think is very odd, but at the same time kind of wonderful.
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16.33 - The Little Things France Does Differently
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—Three everyday moments that reveal a lot about French people, customs and culture.
Aug 21
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The Soft Tyranny of Faire la Bise
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Aug 20
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16.32.a - What Generosity Bought Me
FRANCE AS IT MEANS— ten days away, a costume festival in Arles, a museum built on a mine shaft, and a knitter who hates to knit
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16.32 - Arguing Over Socca
FRANCE AS IT HAPPENS—a costume festival in Arles, a museum built over a mine shaft, and the knitter who hates to knit
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La Fête du Costume in Arles
An Arlésienne tradition
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Louvre Lens Museum, Hauts de France
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FRANCE AS IT MEANS—a lazy assumption that turned out wrong, a word that used to just mean cheese, a road named for an abbot, a river shaped by saints.
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