Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Well done eBay!
It’s about time someone pointed out that cross-border on-line trading in the EU is a farce; and thankfully it’s someone with a bit of clout: eBay. The article on the BBC today suggests eBay is most concerned with transatlantic trading, but the on-line restrictions whether imposed by the EU or by businesses themselves can [...]
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
It’s happened again!
Just arrived in the UK for a month-long jaunt, and I’ve caught a stinking cold. This may by due in part to it being on average 10 degrees colder here than in Strasbourg, or it could just be that British cold and flu viruses are much hardier than their European counterparts.
Whatever the case, I’m [...]
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
The perfect park?
One of Strasbourg’s finest features, beyond that of its historic buildings, is to be found north-east of the city centre facing the Palais de l’Europe. Here stands the Parc de l’Orangerie - a masterpiece municipal facility.
Andre Le Notre, who created the gardens at Versailles, is said to have first drawn the plans for the [...]
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
A British disease
One thing that perpetually irritates me about British culture is that sport equals football. That is to say, to the common man football is the only sport that matters, nay exists. Indeed I have noted this before.
So it is with not without a hint of schadenfreude that I will be following the [...]
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
How to be eco-Strasbourgeois
If you’re intent on showing yourself up as shamelessly middle class in Strasbourg here’s what to do: buy a house in Robertsau (miles from the tram stop), buy a large expensive German car and sit in traffic jams all the way to work and back twice a day, five days a week (remember everyone goes [...]
