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Archives for February 2014

Valentine’s Day in Paris

February 14, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 16 Comments

Like in the US, stores milk Valentine’s day in Paris for as many sales of chocolate and hearts and roses and you name it as possible. Plus, Paris is for lovers so there’s no shortage of kissing going on. Still Paris has its own literature that conveys the spriit of Valentine’s Day in a more […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing Tagged With: abelard, heloise, hunchback of notre dame, valentines day

Notary Service at the US Embassy Paris

February 12, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 11 Comments

I recently had to use the Notary Service at the US Embassy Paris. My strategy to transfer funds from our US bank to our account in France has been to use a 3rd party company, Venstar Exchange, to provide a better exchange rate than we  could get through the bank. A US bank might charge […]

Filed Under: Living, Moving to Paris Tagged With: international funds transfer, notary service, US Embassy, venstar exchange

Northern Ireland: The Troubles

February 2, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

Tour of “The Troubles” in Catholic Belfast As part of our Belfast visit we wanted to learn more about the conflict in Northern Ireland known as “The Troubles”. Anyone old enough can remember how from the early ’70s until well into the ’90s, year after year, every day there would be stories in the news […]

Filed Under: History, Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Belfast, northern ireland, the troubles

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