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The credit card is still smoking… 🔥💳
A week that started with gloom and absolutely nothing planned somehow ended with London, West End shows, good food and a trip to the Pyrénées Orientales. How did that happen? Click in and find out — my bank manager may … Continue reading
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Tagged Carcassonne, Duchess Theater, Frameless, Good food, London, Pyrénées-Orientales, retirement, The Lion King, Theatre, travel, West End
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The week that was 03/2026 🇬🇧🇫🇷
A perfectly ordinary week featuring heroic data deletion, medical technology with opinions, the death of a beloved restaurant, bureaucratic waiting as a lifestyle, alcohol for strictly medicinal purposes, and DIY that exists mainly in theory. Click in — it all … Continue reading
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Tagged * The week that was, bourbo, Bureaucracy, DIY in theory, everyday absurdity, Friends, glucose monitoring, Good food, health tech, injections, irony, long lunches, medical routines, personal observations, sarcasm, small victories, waiting games, weekly journal, whisky
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The week that was 43/2025 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇩🇪
My knees, my car, and other unlikely survivors of Week 43. Read more…
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Tagged * Mirepoix, Apéro, Asterix, BD Day, Carcassonne, French lifestyle, Friends, Good food, Humour, Lazy Sunday, Les Grands Buffets, Linh Chi, Mehari, Michel Vaillant, Montpellier, Narbonne, The Cité, Travel in France, Week 43/2025, Wine
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The week that was 42/2025
When life cancels your concert, have a cassoulet instead — here’s how my week turned out deliciously different. Read more.
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Tagged * Toulouse, Autumn, Brasserie des 4 Temps, BritFloyd, Cassoulet, Comics, Comte Roger, Daily life in France, Family time, Good food, Sunshine, Weekend getaway
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