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Objects who speak
... figuring they meant 'L'objets qui parlent' which would make it plural!
There were skeletons, taxidermic animals, furs, lamps, furniture, toys and a variety of unexplainable oddities. For one of the smallest shops I've walked into, I certainly spent a long time staring at everything. And, the guy was more than happy to oblige when I asked if I could be allowed to take photos!
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Midnight in Paris
... in the world, established on March 29th, 1516. The word Ghetto actually comes from the Italian gheti ...foundry...which was where this first Ghetto was located. It was an area where Jews were forced to live and which they could not leave from sunset to dawn. The Ghetto existed for more than two and a half centuries, until Napoleon conquered Venice and finally opened and eliminated every gate (1797) and Jews were finally free to live in other areas of the city.
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A Crazy Day
... bake cookies, play chess and make word puzzle. I really love it here.
My new friend Taissa called and asked if I would go with her to the Brazilian embassy to complete her visa application. It was awful. We went to one of the southern most points on the subway system to this nowhere residential area were all the shops/food stores and cafes closed by 3 (the one day I don't take a snack). We found the embassy, Taissa went to fill out paper work and I sat in ...
Goodbye Italy...hello Paris
... access. By this time I was in Republique Square and I walked quickly past a large circle of homeless people warming themselves around a large open fire - a stark reminder that plenty of people find life difficult in these times.
I finally got a message from Isk, Maryna`s boyfriend and arranged to meet at my hotel lobby. We then went back to their appartment which was a cute bedsitter hidden behind huge old doors opening off the footpath into a treed courtyard. It ...
Memoirs of a 5 year old in Paris- Ned Schweikert
... I turned back to the smock-box. There, lying at the bottom, discarded, was a lonely plastic smock. Unwanted by the other children, it sat in a forlorn heap as I reached down to pick it up.
Store-bought. I grimaced at my misfortune.
For that art class, and for all the rest, my bright smock danced around the classroom. It taunted me as I wore the horrid, unwanted smock day after day.
Miss Caroline never did give me my smock ...
Location
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