I’ve written about this before, but in the light of the US Supreme Court striking down the Defence of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, and the recent demonstrations against the legalization of same sex marriage in France, it needs…
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Picard in Sweden
A welcome little bit of France has arrived in Stockholm. I didn’t post much during our nine months in Strasbourg. I’ve now been back in Sweden as long as I was away (which seems amazing), and I should have taken…
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg
Anti-ACTA demonstration in Strasbourg, originally uploaded by radiowood2000. Today sees demonstrations around the world to protest against ACTA, a so-called anti-copyright treaty negotiated in secret by the United States, which critics charge will limit the Internet even more than the…
Church of St. Thomas
Church of St. Thomas,Strasbourg, at night.
Vitamins in France are behind the counter?
I needed to buy new vitamins here in Strasbourg, but neither of the two big grocery stores sold them, not even Monoprix, which is more like a little department store on three floors. So I checked a nearby pharmacy. On…
Old house with satellite dishes
Strasbourg Old Town, October 2, 2011.
Cafe Brant Strasbourg
Very traditional, but with free wi-fi!
Intricately carved old door in Strasbourg
Intricately carved old door in Strasbourg, originally uploaded by radiowood2000.
Bye Bye Radio Sweden (for now)
Last day at Radio Sweden before my leave of absence and Strasbourg (although we don’t leave Sweden for almost three weeks). Hope to blog here about what it’s like being in France, especially compared to Sweden. All Europe certainly isn’t…
Internet (at least) 2, Sarko 0
The media has covered the recent G8 meeting in France, but at least here in Sweden there’s been little mention of the e-G8 conference that preceded it, where Nicholas Sarkozy apparently discovered he couldn’t impose his vision of a controlled…