Reise, Reise

It's the Indian summer here in Paris. I've stayed THREE weeks in the city without my long walks in the fields 40 km from it: it was raining, and I had to finish my dissertation and to send it to my professors. Yesterday, though, I went there. Coming back to the fields is like listening to eternity. Nothing changes, almost no movement, no people for sure. There's a striking difference between urban noise and serenity of nature. You also can feel the purity of its air. And if your eyes get used to beauty so that you are not able to amire it with the same intensity, silence for your ears would always be a great and precious surprise. You have to make breaks. Hear silence. This is our mental and bodily hygene. A road from Oinville to La Chartre, 12 oct 2019 This week I managed to spend 40 euros on food. That's about 5 euros per day. My colleague asks me why I don't eat with them at the restaurant. 'Cause it's expensive. - How much? - It's not the quest...

I am an angry bird today. The representative of the Saudi family called me this morning again. Again, they propose me to give French lessons for 20 euros / 1,5h, or for 15 euros / 1h. So, once again, we're at the beginning of our highly diplomatic dialogue . For those who doesn't know: in Paris, this is more or less what one can earn as a housecleaner. NOT as a professor speaking 5 languages and having his/her PhD degree. And although I do need money at the moment and I love money, the principle is much more important: if there is no respect for the teacher's work, adieu! Burning from anger, I've made all the way back home by foot, from 2e to 19e arrondissement. The weather is changing all the time, and there are very few people outside.

If you're planning to visit the Château de Versailles, I'ld like to share with you some lifehacks so that you could feel better there, especially during la haute saison . 1. WC There are two entries, A and B. Most people enter via the A, the groups via the B. After the security and the audioguides the visitors head from A to B across the court-yeard, where the visit starts. So imagine how many people are in the restrooms of the B in the beginning of the day. My advice is to visit first the WC of the A and then discover the Château, if you come shortly after the opening. They're situated on the -1 floor (EXIT from the Château to the Gardens). If you come in the afternoon, it's better to visit the toilets of the ENTRY (building B), as the crowds are now concentrated in the area of the EXIT (building A, -1 floor) making a looong line to the restroom. 2. To snack There's nothing INSIDE the palace except of the restaurant Angelina which is expensive. You may f...

Un coup d’œil sur la Normandie Jamais, jamais, ou presque, n'écoutez pas votre fatigue, parce que souvent c'est la paresse qui se dissimule sous la masque de la fatigue. Un des weekends, j'ai décidé de me promener à pied, sans la trottinette, pour ne pas faire des efforts. J'ai choisi la chaussée Jules César comme lieu de la promenade, tout près du rail et des gares ; la journée était froide, nuageuse, avec pourtant quelques éclaircies mais aussi du vent du nord. La chaussée va tout droit à Rouen, mais j'ai réussi de me tromper du chemin trois fois. Finalement, je suis rentrée encore plus fatiguée et insatisfaite, et toute la semaine suivante m'a paru une pesanteur insupportable, je me traînais à peine d'un lieu à l'autre, du jour au jour, jusqu'au samedi. La météo promettait le dimanche ensoleillé, et, à l'accueil de la bibliothèque, devant un grand écran que j'aime bien et beaucoup, je me suis mise à l'étude de ma prochaine destinat...