#Paris In July 2022

• Oh, is it July already?
• Let’s have a glass of wine and
• think of some things to do for…
• #ParisInJuly
• I cannot change my photo for this yearly challegene
• …I just love this girl in the café!
• Mental note:  put wine in fridge to chill for tonight!
• Drinking my last bottle of a Australian/Tasmanian sparking rosé wine
• …next month it is ALL French!

 

Paris in July

1. Paris in July is a French themed blogging
2. …experience running from the 1^st – 31^st July this year.
3. The aim of the month is to celebrate our French experiences through
4. actual visits, or through reading, watching, listening,
5. observing, cooking and eating all things French!
6. For more instructions how to share your posts go to Thyme for Tea.

 

1. There will be no rules or targets …just blog about anything French
2. …and you can join in! Some ideas might include;
3. reading a French themed book – fiction or non-fiction,
4. watching a French movie,
5. listening to French music,
6. cooking French food,
7. experiencing French, art, architecture and travel.
8. #ParisInJuly

 

What are my plans for 2022?

1. Cézanne: Puissant et solitaire– M. Hoog
2. Caravaggio – José Frèches (French art historian)
3. Le Dernier Jour d’un Condamné – Victor Hugo
4. La Cousin Bette – H. Balzac – REVIEW
5. Le Dieu de Dostoïevski – Marguerite Souchon
6. Profession du père – Sorj Chalandon (France) – REVIEW
7. Le manuscrit inachevé: Thriller – Franck Thilliez
8. Les délassiés – T. Porcher 
9. Le fagot de ma mémoire – S. Diagne 
10. La guerre des idées – E. Bastié 

              

 

 

Archive:  July  2018:

1. Paris in July Food Journal
2. Crème du Citron
3. French Wine
4. Biscuits Breton
5. Cocktail: Kir Royale
6. Cocktail: Soixante-quinze ’75’
7. Cocktail: What do I do with Campari, Marguerite Duras?
8. Cocktail: Who Pays the Bartender?
9. Madeleines
10. Biography: Berthe Morisot
11. Quiche Lorraine
12. Retour à Killybegs – S. Chalandon (2019)
13. Mousse aux éclats de chocolat (2019)
14. Je suis fou de toi  (2019) – D. Bona
15. Le Grand Meaulnes (2019) – Alain-Fournier

 

Archive:  July 2021:

1. La maison du chat qui pelote – H. Balzac (1830)  REVIEW
2. La cagnotte – E. Labiche (1864)  REVIEW
3. Pour une nuit d’amour – E. Zola (1880)  REVIEW
4. Le Bourgeois gentilhomme – Molière (1670)  REVIEW
5. J’Accuse – Émile Zola   REVIEW
6. Âme brisée – A. Mizubayashi  REVIEW
7. Charlotte – D. Foenkinos  REVIEW
8. 4 French Films – REVIEW
9. Le Dossier 113 – E. Gaboriau  REVIEW
10. Une amie de la famille – J. Laclavetine  REVIEW
11. La promesse de l’aube – Romain Gary  REVIEW
12. Sign-up “Summer reading in other languages”
13. Salammbô – G. Flaubert  REVIEW
14. Henri Matisse: Rooms with a view – S. Blum  REVIEW