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A Chic Paris Holiday Season – Day 25 – More Treats
December 27, 2020 Today dawned cold, rainy and windy here in the City of Light. I did spend a few moments thinking wistfully of warm ocean breezes and beautiful beaches. Then I got dressed (in wool – cotton is not my friend when the outside temperature drops below 45 F (8 C)) and wandered outside with my coffee. It was a sleepy Sunday morning after Christmas weekend. Even the market street was almost deserted. The Marks & Spencer store was full of empty racks – not a block of cheddar or a little mince pie to be found. I decided that my treats today would a gorgeous mango from the…
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A Chic Paris Lockdown – Part 2: Day 13 – Double-Down on Happy
November 15, 2020 “Have things to look forward to” is the title for Day 13 in 30 Chic Days At Home by Fiona Ferris. She writes that having a list of small and large “good” things to look forward to keeps her spirits buoyant and her mindset focused on the positive. Simple things like a half-hour with a magazine before dinner as well as larger things like her writing projects add an opportunity for gratitude and a nice zing of anticipation into her daily experience. I find it enjoyable to have small “treats” to look forward to and to plan for. I like to make lists in preparation for whatever…
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France Long-Stay Visa Process (Aug-Sept 2018)
My family and I just received our official long-stay Visa’s for France last week! Here are the materials needed and the process that we followed. A. Required Documents: 1. Copies of Long-Stay Visa Application (with application number from the on-line submittal.) One copy per person. I filled out one application on-line. Then we printed 3 blank applications and filled one out for each person (using the same app number that I had received on my on-line app) – for my husband and two children. So, each person in the family has to have their own paper application. to take to the interview. Only one adult filled out and submitted the…