Le blog de an englishman in Paris

One thing that really pisses me off are those "well meaning" souls who take it upon themselves to be the ones to bring "words of correction" to me regarding god or christianity I'm not ranting this time about a delusional elder in the church of my ex-wife...

I prefer the version before "kings of the wild frontier" much more punk and a lot better (with a nice bass line!) With all the stupid strikes and blockades in france at present, it is difficult to find petrol. Sunday, in Marseille (the southern town with...

My favourite film of all time. Well a month has gone by since my last post so as Fréd says, I ought to write something! The problem is that so much has happened that I do not know where to begin. A month ago I still had a job (that I was finding incredibly...

(Probably one of the worst songs of the new wave era) Yet again the french went on strike again. Long journeys to work as lots of trains were cancelled and the metro was jam packed. But the militants seem to be losing heart and this strike was a lot less...

At the end of July, quite by suprise, i received a voucher for a free annual pass at Disneyland. At first I thought it was a joke but when I went to redeem it, I found out it was true. Of course the marketing idea behind it is that you will buy ones for...

Here's a link to a news story here in Paris (as i've written the blog in english today, I've put the link to the story in english too,but here's the french version if you want it) As usual, the english version is a little 'light' on the detail, the story...

Après le travail, quand je suis allé à la maison le vendredi, je viens de descendre du métro et j'ai vu quelqu'un qui est relativement bien connue en France. C'etait Geneviève de Fontenay qui sont montés dans le train à l'Opéra, où je descends pour prendre...

Well I'm finally on the mend. Yesterday I went into hospital to have my kidney stones broken up. One had already started it's decent to my bladder but hadn't got very far (due to being 9mm dia) whilst the rest were still in my kidney. First they pushed...

Youpiii - après un echo, un radio, une visite au urgences, RDV avec un ureologue et un anathesiste, je vais au hôpital pour mon opération mardi pour mon maladie de pierres. Je suis contene que bientôt il sera aucune douleur mais je suis un peu deçu parce...

Something very strange happens during July and August in Paris - culture makes a "comeback". Normally on my way to work I pick up a free paper at the station and read it on the way. Then I pick up a free evening paper and read that on the way back. You...