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Archive for January, 2010

Going to the Prefecture

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

You can’t have a blog on Paris without mentioning the infamous Préfecture de Police.
This is where one goes for a handful of administrative documents in France, and in a foreigner’s case, for your titre de séjour- the card that gives you permission to live in France and acts as your “identity card.”  Once [...]

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January 20

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I’m back!  Just walked in the door and haven’t even taken my shoes off- soon as I take them off there will be a million other things to do- laundry, dinner, grading, hanging up the toilet paper holder (that we finally bought after six months), hanging up the bathroom mirror (same thing), blowing my nose, [...]

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