Monthly Archives: May 2025

Suddenly, it is Saturday again🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on May 31, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Comics, Pop culture, Weekend chronicles | Tagged AI art, Anti-Amazon, Ascension weekend, Backyard bliss, Buck Danny, Comic book collection, Digital life, Espresso rituals, FNAC, Heatwave, Market mornings, Michel Vaillant, Mystery of the missing comics, Neil Young, Poolside reading, Saturday routine, Small town life, Summer vibes, Weekend reflections, Weizen beer | Leave a comment

Le Mans 2025 🇬🇧

Posted on May 30, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Le Mans 24h, Motorsports | Tagged 24 Hours of Le Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Classic car trips, Endurance Racing, fast cars, French road trip, Hannover to Le Mans, Hypercars and hybrids, Last Le Mans (maybe), Le Mans 2025, Le Mans memories, Motorsport travel, Munich wedding detour, Old friends, Packing dilemmas, Pit stop planning, Race Weekend, Travel itinerary, Travel Logistics, Weather roulette | Leave a comment

Ascension weekend 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Posted on May 30, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, South of France | Tagged * Ascension weekend, Aperitif culture, Beach lunch, Beach season opening, Biquet Plage, Canet-en-Roussillon, Casanis, French Lifestyle, French Riviera life, French road trip, Leucate, Local food, O’Pieds Nus, Occitanie, Plancha dinner, Poolside aperitif, Rosé Wine, Sea and sun, Summer vibes, Weekend Getaway | Leave a comment

The week that was 21-2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on May 25, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Life & Leisure, Seasonal Musings, Weekly Recap | Tagged * quiet week, book list, casual reflections, daily life, DIY Projects, fighting with hoses, Formula 1, gardening, laid-back living, Le Mans, Le Mans 24h, Mediterranean pace, mildly amusing, Mission Impossible 8, Narbonne, Occitanie, planning trips, pool time, reading, social catch-up, South of France, Spring in France, summer aperitifs, Sunday routine, Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, WiFi by the pool | Leave a comment

Samedi matin 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Posted on May 24, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Café culture, Life in Occitanie, Saturday chronicles | Tagged * Occitanie, Apéro Time, Chez Félix, Cultural Observations, French Markets, Humorous Reflections, Local Produce, Place Carnot, Saturday Morning | Leave a comment

Confession of a pepper addict 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Posted on May 24, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Garden adventures, Life in Occitanie, Spicy chronicles | Tagged Adorno Pepper, Chili Pepper Cultivation, Home Gardening, Humor, Local Markets, Occitanie Lifestyle, Personal Anecdotes, Scoville Scale, Spicy Recipes | Leave a comment

25 Years since Expo 2000 🇬🇧🇩🇪

Posted on May 22, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Events, Germany, World expositions | Tagged 25th Anniversary, Brazilian Music, Caipirinha, Event Retrospective, Expo 2000, Hannover, Nightlife, Personal Memories, Public Transport, Summer Events, Sustainability, World Expo | Leave a comment

The rise and fall of my frequent flyer glory 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on May 21, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Frequent flyer life, Life after business class, Travel tales | Tagged Air France, airline status, airport lounges, aviation humour, business class nostalgia, Classe Affaire, downgrade drama, flying in style, frequent flyer, intercontinental flights, jet set life, JJ’s Lounge, lounge lizards, Lufthansa, Platinum to nothing, Silver status loss, Thai Airways lounge, Travel Humour, Travel Memories, travel perks | Leave a comment

The week that was 20-2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on May 18, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment