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Paris 7th Invalides Nice studio view
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Paris 7th Invalides Nice studio view
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Rue: 168 A rue de Grenelle
Code Postal: 75007
Ville: Paris
Pays: France
Telephone: 00 33 (0)642396067
Full furnished studio 10th and last floor elevator sunny quiet very nice view with balcony on Invalides Dôme and on a nice garden. Kitchen, bathroom, linen, storage, washing machine heating included.
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French Nationality
French Nationality
Reflections on becoming French on the anniversary of being granted French Nationality.
In 2005 I decided to obtain French nationality. ‘Why?’ friends asked, bemused. After all this before Brexit was even heard of and I had a perfectly good British European passport which allowed me to live and work anywhere in Europe. Why bother with a tedious bureaucratic process? Well, one reason lay in the great American tradition of no taxation without representation. I wanted to be able to vote. I live here, pay taxes here, my daughters are French (even though one was born in Hong Kong), but politically I didn’t exist. Unlike the U.S., Britain, does not grant citizens life-long voting rights (though this is in the process of changing as I write), so I could no longer vote in the UK. And I believe that the right to vote is an inalienable democratic one. Given that the UK recognizes dual nationality, it was win- win for me.
I must confess there were moments when I considered giving…
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La Seine, La Seine at Quai de la Photo
La Seine, La Seine at Quai de la Photo
QUAI DE LA PHOTO LA SEINE, LA SEINE
What could be a better venue for a photo exhibition tracing the history of Paris’ iconic river than a custom designed, permanently docked barge hosting a gallery, photo bookstore, bar, plus indoor and outdoor restaurant spaces on the banks of the Seine?
Two current exhibits:
RIVE DROITE, RIVE GAUCHE - Agence Roger-Viollet
Running through September 8 and open daily, the exhibit La Seine, La Seine examines two distinct lives of the river. The first segment, Rive Droite, Rive Gauche, displayed in the interior gallery, is comprised of 80 archival photographs from the mid-19th century through the 1960’s, documenting the commercial, working, and social lives of the laborers whose livelihoods depended upon the river. The Seine was a major artery that enabled French wines and other merchandise to be warehoused and shipped worldwide, while its banks provided outdoor workspaces for the messy organic trades: wigmakers and animal groomers, sheep…
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