Tag Archives: France
Aerogeek dentist
Some time ago I wrote about the impact of Airbus in the employment in the Toulouse area. Some weeks ago I went to a dentist in Blagnac, a village close to Toulouse (where Airbus is in fact based). There I could … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence, France
Ballot papers in France
Today there is the first round of the Presidential elections in France. According to the latest polls, it seems that Hollande is going to win with Sarkozy coming second and the two going to the second leg of the elections. … Continue reading
Filed under France, Miscellanea
Le Petit Prince
Last summer I visited an exhibition on occasion of the celebration of “2011 Year of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry”. Elsewhere he is mainly known as the author of “The Little Prince” (Le Petit Prince), however I learnt in that exhibition that … Continue reading
Numbers, numbers, numbers…
As part of my effort to learn French, I was reading some passages of “Le Petit Prince” last weekend. There was one that directly struck me: Les grandes personnes aiment les chiffres. Quand vous leur parlez d’un nouvel ami, elles … Continue reading
Filed under Books, France, Twitter & Media
3 billion of Takatoris
In this post I just wanted to share a couple of thoughts that I discussed with my father and older brother some months ago on the welfare state that we enjoy in Europe. Luca and I went on a holiday … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, France, Travelling
On top of my gift list
The other question I liked about this week’s Plinky email was: “What’s at the top of your gift wish list right now?” Normally I would almost always say “a trip, a holiday trip”. Since I have just moved to France, … Continue reading
Filed under Travelling
My flat-renting decision process
I liked very much when Jesus Encinar (CEO of idealista.com) explained in his blog the process he followed when buying a house. Yesterday, I thought “I could share my buying decision process in my blog to help others” (maybe there … Continue reading
Moving to France
By now, most of you (family, friends and colleagues) know about it, this is mainly for those who did not. I am starting there sometime in December. You are invited to pay a visit.
Filed under France
After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes
When I was writing in the previous post about Alberto Dubois idea of evolution being exponential I had in mind the book “Augustine’s Laws”, to which I have referred many times in this blog. Today, I read a very good … Continue reading
Filed under Aerospace & Defence
Scotch whisky
Yesterday I was reading an article in The Economist about the whisky industry, and I found a thread to follow: Spain being the third largest export market of Scotch whisky! After having travelled through different European countries and seeing the … Continue reading
Filed under Miscellanea
