When is a Wine Fair not a Wine Fair? When it’s The Wine Fair! Ok – not funny, but true. I refer of course to the famous Foire aux vins which takes place every August in Colmar. With such a name, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this particular festival had something to do with [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Sweaty season
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Hot Summers, cold Winters… is pretty much the way to describe the climate here in Strasbourg. In Summer though, while the idea of warmth might sound attractive, it is the inescapable humidity at night which drives local residents to the mountains or to cooler night air elsewhere in France (usually further south). Daytime temperatures are [...]
It can’t go on …
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The British obsession with dissing the Euro project had to end sooner or later. Although, none would have predicted that the collapse of law and order across the entire country would be it. Now, as violent youths ransack high-streets up and down the country, the Eurozone PIIGS seem to have been quickly forgotten. With images [...]
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