Category Archives: Personal Reflections

Lost in translation 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪

Posted on April 12, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Daily life, Humour, Personal Reflections | Tagged * inner voice, accents and keyboards, cross-cultural living, dreaming in English, English, French, German, Goethe vs Shakespeare vs Molière, language confusion, language humour, linguistic identity, mind maze, multilingual, personal blog, polyglot brain, QWERTY keyboard, thinking in different languages, trilingual life, Writing Habits | Leave a comment

Shorts, sunshine and the urge to clean a pool 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 5, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Personal Reflections, Seasonal changes, Travel Preparation | Tagged Dictation Technology, Market Visits, Outdoor Activities, Pool Maintenance, South Pacific Trip, Spring in France, Sunshine, Travel Planning | Leave a comment

48 Hours in London 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on April 3, 2025 by JJ

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Posted in Airlines, Airports, London, Personal experiences, Personal Reflections, Science & Curiosity, Travel | Tagged ABBA Voyage, Airport experience, Beer & philosophy, British pubs, Carcassonne, City life, Duty-free shopping, English breakfast, Holograms, Intellectual wanderings, London Trip, Pub culture, Quantum physics, Ryanair, Science musings, Short city break, Stansted Express, Thought experiments, Travel anecdotes, Travel Frustrations, Travel Reflections | Leave a comment

The month that was – March 2025 🇬🇧 🇫🇷

Posted on April 1, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Leisure, Lifestyle, Monthly Recaps, Personal Reflections, Travel and adventure | Tagged Bureaucratic Battles, Devon Trip, Irish Pub Culture, London Trip, March Recap, Mini Drone Adventures, Rugby Matches, Seaside Getaway, Time Flies, Travel Planning | Leave a comment

Boycotting with a twist 🇬🇧

Posted on March 10, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Alternative software, Consumer activism, European innovation, Personal Reflections, Technology and gadgets | Tagged AppleProducts, Boycott, ConsumerChoice, DigitalSovereignty, EuropeanApps, LeChat, MistralAI, Nokia, SoftwareDiversity, TechAlternatives | Leave a comment

The week that was 10-2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on March 9, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Books & Comics, Music and nostalgia, Personal Reflections, Retirement Adventures, Tech & Gadgets, Travel planning | Tagged AppleEcosystem, BureaucracyAdventures, ComicsAndBooks, DronePhotography, FrenchRadio, MusicMemories, NeilYoung, RetirementLife, SouthPacificTravel, TanguyEtLaverdure, TechSolutions, TravelPlanning | Leave a comment

The month that was – February 2025 🇬🇧🇫🇷

Posted on March 1, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Events, Personal Reflections, Technology and gadgets, Travel | Tagged ABBA Voyage, Alicante 2026, Barcelona Getaway, Carcassonne, Classic cars, Digital Housekeeping, Mild Winter, Rétromobile Paris, Solo Living, Tapas & Gastronomy, Tech Upgrades, Travel Planning, Virtual Concerts | Leave a comment

A mid-February summer

Posted on February 16, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Books & Comics, Leisure, Lifestyle, Personal Reflections | Tagged Bandes dessinées, BD classique, Hiver ensoleillé, Lecture, Les Chevaliers du Ciel, Moments simples, Tanguy et Laverdure | Leave a comment

On second thoughts

Posted on February 16, 2025 by JJ

Posted in Classic Cars, Dreams, Motorsports, Personal Reflections, Uncategorized | Tagged Classic cars, Dodge Challenger, Dreams and memories, Ferrari, Lego Technic, Nostalgia, Paris Drive, Vanishing Point | Leave a comment