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Lyon – Serious History!

September 29, 2009 – 7:42 am

Not a long entry this time, just a couple of snapshots of the incredible history that awaits you in Lyon! The entire city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage listed site as it contains Roman relics, Mediaeval and Renaissance buildings, and of couse the rest of the city contains 19th, 20th and 21st century buildings [...]

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France in Four Squares

September 21, 2009 – 6:41 am

Well it has been just over three weeks now and I feel settled in. Of course there are still a thousand things I don’t know, and every day I have hits and misses with communication and understanding what I am meant to do. At least now I don’t feel so bad when I get something [...]

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La première semaine – starting life in Lyon

September 5, 2009 – 7:47 am

After reading some of the horrors already endured by my contemporaries in France, my first week seems fairly tame. This does not, however, mean that it has been without its challenges and as I blog over the next six months I hope to share both the ups and the downs with you, readers, to inform [...]

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