Promoting France – good news/bad news

I read with some amusement, the International Herald Tribune (Jan 26 2007) advertising section promoting doing “business in France.” A front page article–an interview of Philippe Favre, Chairman of Invest in France Agency–caught my attention....

Promoting France – Article Grandes Ecoles

I read the IHT (Jan 26 2007) advertised section promoting “doing business in France.” The following excerpt caught my attention about the notoriety of the Grandes Ecoles: “Grands Ecoles: Great schools leading to great jobs… Ms. XXX arrived at...

School Reunions in England… Europe next?

Reunions crossing the Atlantic I have just come back from celebrating my 25th school reunion at Eton… and what a grand experience it was. The usual trepidations, unfamiliar faces mixed with completely recognizable ones (who don’t seem to have aged one...

France bans smoking in work place

For a country that has seen women smokers double since the 60s to 22% of all adults, France has finally come around to banning smoking in the workplace. Funnily enough, yesterday, when going into a few offices, I saw colleagues taking their last ceremonious smoke...

Cheese Please – Cornish Yarg that is

Living in France, you would have thought we live in Cheese Heaven. And we do love our cheeses here. However, our favorite cheese is from England (and it’s not Cheddar or Stilton which is a great blue — buy it at the Fromagerie in London where the...

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