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61A Self-Help Freak's Guide to Christmas in Paris
The Christmas lights on the Champs-Elysees I’m standing on top of the Arc de Triomphe. The trees below are covered with Christmas lights. A broken line of brake lights runs down the Champs-Elysées towards...
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73Part 7 - Who Knew Duvets Could Cause So Many Problems?
Saturday morning. The sun is shining brightly on the street where I'm going to live. The two lanes of traffic are separated by a tree-lined walkway dotted with benches. There’s a group of old men with sticks sitting on one of the benches. The code...
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73Part 1 - I'm not supposed to be feeling like this
What stars of US sitcoms see from their hotel windows when they visit Paris My apartment had a slightly different view of Paris Bad things only happen to people who send out bad vibrations. So if I keep...
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71Part 2 - How Did I Get Here?
So how did I end up in Paris? The head of the department lent across the desk. He smiled in a way that managed to be consoling without being patronising. ‘It’s been a very tough decision,’ he said,...
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72Part 5 - Apartment hunting in Paris
I need to find somewhere to live. There are several websites that list apartments for rent. Some of the advertisements are in English. One proudly boasts ‘bathroom tiled floor to ceiling with toilets’. One...
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70Part 6 - The dark side of a great city
July 3. It’s my birthday. I’m 38. When I finish my last lesson, I head back to Boulevard Haussmann. I stop at the Monoprix to buy chocolates. I hand them round at the school. Lots of people ask how old...
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72Part 4 - Time for this EFL teacher to meet the public
The part of Paris that attracts American investors rather than American tourists The Métro has quietened down a little. It’s still crowded. I can’t sit down. But I can hang on to the...
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69Part 3 - My First Experience of the Paris Métro
The Métro is crowded. When the first train arrives, the doors slide open onto a solid wall of people. The next train is due in two minutes, so I step back. I try the London trick of moving to the end of...
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50Receive Like a Son
Cyndi and I ministered in Malaysia over the past few days with over 20 churches represented. A Slave Mentality Many people and ministries are struggling at this time in receiving their needed resources. I...
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