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08, 2024
Driving Mme Valerie in France
Driving in France: Have you experienced the complex task of asking the French government to let you drive?
1
08, 2024
How to Kiss a French Person
'les bises' is a French custom that mystifies foreigners. This is where French people kiss each other on the cheek. When do you do it? How do you do it? How many times? AND why?
22
09, 2023
French Soap: A Guide to Quality Soap from France
French Soap: A Guide to Quality Soap - Many soaps labeled ‘French’ don't compare with those available from French soap makers.
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09, 2023
Paris metro stations: beauty, design, quirky, phantom & other extraordinary images
Paris metro stations. The most beautiful. Who designed the entrances? Catching glimpses of the quirky things some people do in the Metro is at once amusing, strange and mind-boggling.
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08, 2023
How to personalise your le Bulletin newsletter: #bookchat or not Your choice
HOW TO Personalise your le Bulletin newsletter - don't want to hear about #Bookchat?
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04, 2023
Medieval Castles Series: Concentric Castle — Part 5
The Concentric Castle is the final castle in this Medieval Castle series and follows the recurring theme of change and adaptability.
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02, 2023
Medieval Castles: Stone Keep Castles — Part #4
Stone Keep Castles were expensive, and take 5 to 10 years or more to build depending on the size of the castle
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12, 2022
Medieval Castles: Shell Keep — Part #3
The shell is built up against the outside wall of the existing wooden keep, and smaller, wooden buildings are built against the inside wall, creating a courtyard inside the structure.
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11, 2022
Medieval Castles: Motte & Bailey — Part #2
These castles resembled a figure eight with a keep built on top of a hill, and an elongated, enclosure built below the hill.
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10, 2022
Medieval Castles: Almost everything you wanted to know – Part #1
Welcome to this five-part mini-series: all you want to know about the architecture and history of medieval castles.
