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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had not set out to photograph the week in shades of pink and blue, and yet somehow that&#8217;s how this week&#8217;s round-up is taking shape. Unintentional colour scheme aside, I&#8217;m experimenting a good bit with F&#8217;s new toy and totally having lots of fun at it! Looking at the photos below, you could probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards: From Bray to Greystone (IE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliff walk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day-hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greystone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On our final morning in Dublin, we woke up at the ungodly hour of six in the morning. Frédéric had been a little restless through the night. The unpredictable Irish weather had rendered our planned cliff walk from Bray to Greystone a no-go on the previous day, and he really hated the idea of leaving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillwalking and sightseeing in Glendalough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hill walk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wicklow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wicklow Mountains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frédéric loves Dublin. Rather, the nature of Dublin that&#8217;s close to both the sea and the mountains, while at the same time it being a bustling capital city yet maintains a particular quiet charm that isn&#8217;t drowned out by the sound of city traffic. He sees a life where weekends away from the work desk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 23</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/06/project-365-week-23/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[3ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amiens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathedral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Invalides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Square du Temple]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a blink of an eye, we&#8217;re nearly half-way through the year. It feels like it should be summer already, but the weather is not showing signs of this sort, preferring to swing to and fro between a real scorcher of a day and a horribly wet one. Elsewhere, heavy rain had flooded numerous central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards: Connemara (IE)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/06/postcards-connemara-ie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connemara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Coast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Drizzle, drizzle &#8211; just another typical Irish weather that greeted us in Galway. Like good troopers, we pressed on with the second part of our express roadtrip to the west coast. Direction: Connemara. We hurtled down the small and windy roads of the region, while keeping an eye out for spots we&#8217;d like to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards: The Cliffs of Moher (IE)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/06/postcards-the-cliffs-of-moher-ie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cliffs of Moher]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[O'Brien's Tower]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My niece was wrapped in five layers of clothes and she also had her mittens and hats (yes, hats) on, yet among the first things uttered by the adorable 15-months-old was &#8220;cold cold&#8221;. Oh, she was happy to be out of the car, cheerfully demanded we hold her hands so she can &#8220;walk walk&#8221; &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 22</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/06/project-365-week-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tribunal de Commerce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paris constantly surprises me. Streets that I use on regular basis still contain unknown elements, waiting to be discovered. Double-takes on my part become something I look forward to and I am also gradually more observant, provided I&#8217;m not in a hurry or lost in my own little world. I should start exploring them by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ride Béret Baguette 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/06/ride-beret-baguette-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a hat-tip by Sam, I was out this morning to check out at Place de la Sorbonne to check out the Ride Béret Baguette 2013. In its third year, the aim of the group is to promote the (rhyming) culture of &#8220;rétro et vélo&#8221;, and boy have they delivered! A few hundred people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards: The Sunny Southeast (IE)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/postcards-the-sunny-southeast-ie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/postcards-the-sunny-southeast-ie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hook Head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hook Lighthouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post box]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rosslare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rowe Street Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the nickname, Wexford was not particularly sunny when we visited recently. Like most part of Europe, it seemed to be mired in the unescapable winter chill, accompanied by frequent showers. The transition between sunny and rainy happened often and rapidly, making it singularly difficult to predict if we could go for a walk yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekender: How do you pronounce Metz?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/weekender-how-do-you-pronounce-metz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 11:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Foch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Église Saint-Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graoully]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L'Esplanade de Metz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lorraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palais du Gouverneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Place Saint-Thiébault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Moselle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint-Étienne de Metz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temple Neuf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I called it &#8220;mets&#8221;, with an emphasis on the T, but Frédéric duly corrected me &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8220;mess&#8221;. Whaaaaat? But why? *Gallic shrug* &#8220;That&#8217;s just how it is.&#8221; So I did a little digging. The name had its (Celtic) origin in Mediomatrici, which was then shortened into Mettis, before finally settled on Metz. The T [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 21</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/project-365-week-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 16:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cultural station]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[La Rhumerie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint-Germain-des-Près]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Street Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A whirlwind week away can only be matched to a whirlwind week at home, right? Well, it may not look it but it certainly felt like it. As I set my to-do list for the next few days, and reviewed my calendar for the coming weeks, I realised things are liable to be crazier than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcards: The Saar (FR/DE)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/postcards-the-saar-fr-de/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/postcards-the-saar-fr-de/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grosbliederstroff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleinblittersdorf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Saar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saarbrücken]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[River Saar flows from Mont Donon to Trier, its length splits to sit nearly half-half between France and Germany. In the region of Saarland, Saarbrücken is at about the half-way point of the river. A little further south, it even acts as the natural border for the two countries, where the towns of Grosbliederstroff and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekender: Gilded city of Nancy</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/weekender-gilded-city-of-nancy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/weekender-gilded-city-of-nancy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musée Lorrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palais Ducal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Place de la Carrière]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Place Stanislas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When an opportunity presented itself for travel, I&#8217;m hardly one to refuse the chance to do so. I guess some of my go-go-go-travel attitude must have rubbed off Frédéric as he ambitiously planned for our trip to his cousin&#8217;s wedding to be flanked with day-trips to Nancy and Metz. I have friends who agreed that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 20</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/project-365-week-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connemara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dublin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glendalough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hook Head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kylemore Abbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighthouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temple Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wexford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s photos come to you from Ireland, where we are on holiday for just over a week. Visiting family and seeing friends aside, we&#8217;ve also gone on an impromptu &#8211; and looong (as in the distance) &#8211; roadtrip as well as stretching our legs for a few hours via walking excursions. All in all, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musing: when love and culture collide</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/musing-when-love-and-culture-collide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 07:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend&#8217;s wedding in Lorraine (the region in France with 3 international borders!) kickstarted what I have dubbed the summer of wedding attendances. With six invitations &#8211; two coming from a same couple but for celebrations in different countries &#8211; under our belt, of which two had to be declined due to timing issues, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 19</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/project-365-week-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/project-365-week-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a change in the pace of my personal life this week, and instead of slowing it down a notch to catch a breather, it got cranked up to include reasonable amount of travelling for a couple of weeks. We just came back from the region of Lorraine where we attended a wedding over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 Goals: UNESCO World Heritage Sites</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/unesco-world-heritage-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/unesco-world-heritage-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 06:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Goals in 1001 Days]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d start easy on my 101 goals challenge &#8211; item number 75. I&#8217;m not doing it for the purpose of being able to boast how many of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites I&#8217;ve visited, but rather, I&#8217;m curious at which I have visited. Truth be told, as I don&#8217;t search for sites under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>101 goals in 1001 days</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/101-goals-in-1001-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/101-goals-in-1001-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 22:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks another milestone in my life. The next steps are up to me to make them work, and a friend sagely advised that I should have some sort of anchor that I can focus on during this period of time. She is not wrong. It could be easy for me to drift if I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 18</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/project-365-week-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 21:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a day today has been. The emotional rollercoaster evoked by the general election in Malaysia, which undermined the true spirit of fair and clean election, was followed by the disenchantment that the popular vote didn&#8217;t translate into electoral win (because, you know, when the margin is small and one does 5 recounts to include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Les flâneuses of the Left Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/les-flaneuses-of-the-left-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/05/les-flaneuses-of-the-left-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edna and I met up on Thursday for a Vietnamese lunch not too far away from Nation. As the sky cleared up for the afternoon while we searched for something sweet &#8211; we ended up in Grom for some gelati &#8211; an afternoon flânerie was definitely in order. We explored parts of the 5th and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 17</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/project-365-week-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that spring has truly arrived, a massive spring cleaning is required chez nous. Not that we&#8217;re normally incredibly messy people, just that we had workmen in for a good few days fixing and repainting the windows. The layers of dust that settled on just about every surface had me cringing silently, so a top-to-bottom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight: Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/spotlight-cite-internationale-universitaire-de-paris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/spotlight-cite-internationale-universitaire-de-paris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is quite a mouthful to say &#8211; Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris &#8211; and CIUP would be yet another confusing acronym among the gazillions that every French(wo)man seems to know but elusive to most expats. It is easier and simpler to call it Cité U (&#8220;see-tay yu&#8221;). The place I called home for my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The anatomy of a French picnic</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/the-anatomy-of-a-french-picnic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/the-anatomy-of-a-french-picnic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been blessed with a second sunny weekend in a row. While the temperature was a good 8-10&#176;C lower this time round, when the sun hit upon us directly, we remained quite warm and happily stayed outdoors without a coat. Last weekend, for Anne&#8217;s birthday, a picnic was held at the Parc Montsouris at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 16</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/project-365-week-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a week full of sunshine and bright sky, and the occasional downpour hasn&#8217;t dampened the mood at all. I find myself taking a lot more pictures than I normally would; as Sarah pointed out a few days ago, everything looks better with the sun. Without further ado, the photos from week no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Springtime in Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/springtime-in-paris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/springtime-in-paris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paris, at its heart, is a walking city. It is not very big, approximately 105km&#178; in size (for comparison, London is about 1500km&#178;), and there are many lovely small streets and hidden gardens to explore by foot. Now that the weather has been rather pleasant again after a very long winter, the amounts of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What an oblication&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/what-an-oblication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/what-an-oblication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vacation. Ideally, budget permitting, we&#8217;d like at least a couple of them per year. Luckily for us who live in France (and many parts of Europe), time is usually not an issue given the generous annual leave allowance that we get. Then came staycation following economic downturn where many opt to enjoy their break a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 15</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/project-365-week-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was as if winter morphed overnight into summer, and today we&#8217;ve been enjoying unprecedented (for this spring anyway) a temperature hitting upward of 25&#176;C! Despite having more work to finish up, I decided to give myself a break in the afternoon and went out for a cycle and a walk at the parks instead. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring blooms</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/spring-blooms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has finally decided to make its appearance, and as I type this post, it is sunny outside, with streaks of blue sky among some diffused clouds (go away clouds!). However, I&#8217;m going to be holed up indoor for most of today, trying to get some work done before a presentation on Monday. The aim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it expensive to live in Paris?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/is-it-expensive-to-live-in-paris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/is-it-expensive-to-live-in-paris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post happens quite by chance. In preparation of some changes to come in my life (and no, we’re not talking about starting a family or buying an apartment – not yet anyway), I started tracking my expenses not so long ago. Normally I have a pretty good idea what I spend my money on, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 14</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/project-365-week-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a weekend. As you know, yesterday morning has been all about the brunch with Jean Imbert and it was a good, high start to the day (I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s not just the coffee/ caffeine talking). Frédéric and I were also at the cinema twice in two days, cycled around town, and in whatever extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brunch with Jean Imbert</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/brunch-with-jean-imbert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/brunch-with-jean-imbert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fruit salad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was some serious cooking going on in my petite cuisine Parisienne this morning. About a month ago, I came across an online quiz + lucky draw to win a home-cooked brunch by renowned chefs, courtesy of Nespresso, in conjunction with the launch of their new capsule line &#8211; Linizio Lungo. I decided to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 13</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/04/project-365-week-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This round up is being posted later than usual. Despite last weekend being a long one, I was busy playing host (to a visiting friend) and tourist at the same time. My friend left this morning so I guess it&#8217;s time to get back to normalcy. Work to tease out, reading to catch up on, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eggscellent! (œufs surprise from Patrick Roger)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/eggscellent-oeufs-surprise-from-patrick-roger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/eggscellent-oeufs-surprise-from-patrick-roger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pâques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Roger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday evening, I came home to a beautiful green bag sitting on the table. Inside, a box of eggs, and these are no ordinary eggs ;) Patrick Roger produces these specifically for Easter. The eggs have previously been emptied and thoroughly cleaned, before an even coating of dark chocolate was set within the eggs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guy Savoy&#8217;s Les Bouquinistes</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/guy-savoys-les-bouquinistes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/guy-savoys-les-bouquinistes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les bouquinistes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I managed to not only renew my carte de séjour but to also change the visa type to vie privée et familiale. It went well, except for the part where I forgot to bring my current carte de séjour with me and had to go home to retrieve it, oops. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 12</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daffodils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Pointe Sainte Eustache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris rooftop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protestors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the big news circulating in the last couple of weeks has been on the imminent death of Google Reader. It may be a non-issue to many people (how many of you here read this blog via Google Reader as I advised last year, or do you subscribe to the email notification?) but to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On staying positive</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/on-staying-positive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/on-staying-positive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positivity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been a frantic few days. As a result, the small pot of daffodils which I bought in support of Institut Curie sat there for 4 days before I got round to replanting it into a bigger pot. I did buy the soil for re-potting right the next day after I brought the daffodils [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You win some, you lose some</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/you-win-some-you-lose-some/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/you-win-some-you-lose-some/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reimbursement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been on a kind of high since renewing my carte de séjour last week. It may seem trivial to some (“I don’t know why you worry about it because we were sure you will get it”) but for an expat, the actual possession of a confirmation that it’s all good – even if [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 11</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple blossom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bagelstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four-leave clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profiteroles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s selection of photos is perhaps one of the most eclectic yet. Some day, I have so much to choose from it&#8217;s actually hard to figure which to include for this weekly project round-up. Other day, limited option as I shot something on the go quickly. Then of course there were the two days [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>In retrospect: St Patrick&#8217;s Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/in-retrospect-st-patricks-day-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/in-retrospect-st-patricks-day-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dublin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paddy's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Patrick's Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My social media feeds have been flooded with various St Patrick&#8217;s Day-related photos, videos, well-wishes, articles and more. They are making me very nostalgic for the good ol&#8217; days when I celebrated the festival with much gusto, as well as certain level of silliness, with my friends. Today, I found a folder of photos from [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>It snows in March!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/it-snows-in-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/it-snows-in-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Café]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fontaine de l'Observatoire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jardin du Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin Quarter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panoramic view]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playground]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It may says March on the calendar, and we&#8217;re a mere week away from official start of spring. However, the weather is anything but that. Between yesterday and today, the temperature plunged to sub-zero level, and in Paris, the snowfall easily measured a good few inches. Not as severe as the northern part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Cos you&#8217;re hot and you&#8217;re cold</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/cos-youre-hot-and-youre-cold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/cos-youre-hot-and-youre-cold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As my friend Anne put it, we are immersed in pleine tempête sibérienne today. Despite it being mid-March, we woke up in the morning to snowfall and it has been non-stop since. Public transport system is thrown in a loop, flights were cancelled, many northern France-bound train services (including Eurostar) had been halted. Yet, it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 10</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[15ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arc de Triomphe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institut de France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parc André Citroën]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Hermé]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a week of small victories. Getting my carte vitale, progressing positively with my project at work, celebrating the anniversary of my move to Paris, semi-plotting meet-ups with friends who live elsewhere (including Malaysia and Australia!) and pencilling in diary the dates to host them. I love it when things run smoothly. Only [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s my 2nd Pariversary!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/its-my-2nd-pariversary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/its-my-2nd-pariversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pariversary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[9 March 2011 I woke up in the morning with things strewn all over my soon-to-be-former bedroom floor. I was supposed to have put everything I wanted to keep into boxes and nicely stacked in the conservatory (to be pillaged every time I go back to Dublin, of course, so I can bring more things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh my &#8211; I have a carte vitale!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/oh-my-i-have-a-carte-vitale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/oh-my-i-have-a-carte-vitale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carte vitale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feuille de soins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperasse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yes, the elusive green and gold card is finally here! After a mere 21 months of paperwork wrangling and waiting, the victory is, at last, mine. I came home on Monday evening to find a letter from Assurance Maladie with the carte vitale attached, hurrah hurrah! If only I didn&#8217;t have work to do [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 9</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/03/project-365-week-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[15ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panthéon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Sulpice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another gear has kicked in at work and the next two months will be full-throttle busy. I&#8217;m not yet sure how it will affect this project, but don&#8217;t be surprised if the photos are shot mostly between places I pass between home and lab instead of other Parisian neighbourhoods. The blame for lack of leisure [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A couple of animated short (love) films</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/a-couple-of-animated-short-love-films/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/a-couple-of-animated-short-love-films/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Head over heels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short films]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of animated short films came to my attention in the last few days, and they have been nominated for the Oscars 2013. Without a single spoken word, both of them &#8211; Paperman and Head Over Heels &#8211; made me smile and teary at the same time. The former tells the story of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 8</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jardin du Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pénestin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6945</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This winter has been the bane of my health and I am really tired of it. It seems I&#8217;m falling ill nearly every month, and this week has been the worse yet. The irony is that I&#8217;ve had a restful week last week and was preparing for a solid week of work and planning etc, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Errm, he is my &#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/errm-he-is-my/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/errm-he-is-my/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The running joke is, if something&#8217;s not on Facebook, it didn&#8217;t happen. After F and I got PACSed, I made an announcement &#8211; first time ever that&#8217;s related to my relationship status &#8211; along with a photo of us together. Congratulatory messages poured in (thanks again everyone for the well wishes), along with a good [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Le Croisic</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/le-croisic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/le-croisic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Croisic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sightseeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekend getaway]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early this month, Frédéric and I were back in his hometown in (historical) Brittany and taking advantage of the opportunity to see another part of the region which I don&#8217;t know, I suggested an afternoon visit to Le Croisic. Situated at the tip of the Guérande peninsula (just a little further down from Le Pouliguen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 7</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[13ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[16ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2ème]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Café]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just realised, while I&#8217;m keeping up with this photo project, I am falling behind with my reading. A whooping seven weeks into the year and I&#8217;ve just finished my third English book, never mind none in French yet. And rather frantically, I haven&#8217;t been able to find my public library card either. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French writing &#8211; fail!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/french-writing-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/french-writing-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, during lunch time discussion, one of my colleagues mentioned how she was preparing herself to help me settling in my first months in Paris. Not just at work, but also with accommodation search, administrative meetings, opening bank account, getting mobile phone, etc. She was duly impressed that I managed most things on my own, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 6</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notre Dame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a strange kind of week, which I couldn&#8217;t quite put my fingers on. The days rolled by quickly and yet everything felt stretched out in time. And weekend, well, it just disappeared. Maybe that&#8217;s a sign I&#8217;ve spent way too much time on the phone (well, plenty of calls to be made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rising water of River Seine</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/the-rising-water-of-river-seine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/the-rising-water-of-river-seine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pont d'Alma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Seine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zouave]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6721</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the level of water of River Seine had been unusually high. I made note of it during my photo round up of Week 5 and quickly forgot all about it. It appears the water level hasn&#8217;t subsided since and remains at flood level that footpaths of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 5</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/project-365-week-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armoricain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Côte Sauvage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jardin du Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Métro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musée Curie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Hermé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River Seine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve promised previously, back to normal transmission. I&#8217;m glad that the days are getting longer, but I&#8217;m a tad frustrated too that I&#8217;m rather busy at work so by the time I&#8217;m out of the office, it&#8217;s dark outside. There&#8217;s a limit to how far I can go without being home too late for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battling for carte vitale</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/battling-for-carte-vitale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/battling-for-carte-vitale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carte vitale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frustration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperasse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did not take advantage of February&#8217;s free museum Sunday. Month numero deux of the year and already I&#8217;ve recommenced the going-away-at-weekend trend. I had a good excuse for this trip though &#8211; it was to visit my belle-famille and a birthday celebration was in the work. Frédéric and I also had a little excursion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THATd&#8217;Or &#8211; ready, set, hunt!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/thatdor-ready-set-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/thatdor-ready-set-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 06:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFMO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musée d'Orsay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THATd'Or]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THATLou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasure hunt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasure hunt in a museum? And one of my favourite museums to boot? Yes, please! Let me cue you in with some background about the hunt. Treasure Hunt at the Louvre aka THATLou is the brainchild of Daisy de Plume, and it is a wonderful initiative which combines her entrepreneurial skills and her love of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy be one!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/happy-be-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/02/happy-be-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday Elise! This little girl turns one today. Missing her very much! Unfortunately she&#8217;s about 5 hours &#8211; an RER trip, a flight, and a bus ride &#8211; away; else I would be throwing her a grand good party to celebrate her first birthday! I trust her parents to do a good job of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 4</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Am I having alternate good and bad week with this project? Sometimes I even ponder if I know what I&#8217;m doing anymore&#8230; Perhaps it was also my state of mind &#8211; I started the week with a terrible backache, which tapered off but got me more cautious about overdoing it, about going out in the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 3</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[18ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centre Pompidou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cité U]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Palais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montmartre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Place de la Concorde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Val-de-Grâce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If week 2 has been a tough one, motivation-wise, week 3 of Project 365 was the opposite. Thanks to a couple of late visits to catch temporary exhibitions that were closing, I found myself allocating some extra time before hand to grab some night photos. I also discovered unlikely photography spot from the very building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encore plus de neige</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/encore-plus-de-neige/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/encore-plus-de-neige/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[18ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1ère]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louvre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montmartre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pigalle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pont des Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacré-Cœur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sous la neige]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paris remained magical on Sunday morning. In fact, even more so in comparison to Saturday. Throughout the day, snow continued to fall all over the city (and other parts of the country), depositing layers of powdery ice over everything as well as everyone who ventured out from their cosy apartments. Frédéric and I went out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris sous la neige</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/paris-sous-la-neige/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/paris-sous-la-neige/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champ de Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cours la Reine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Palais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grande Roue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Invalides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petit Palais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pont Alexandre III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sous la neige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trocadero]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overnight, Paris underwent a most magnificent transformation. I got up really early this morning, put on layers of clothes and headed out when it was still dark outside. The plan was to get to a couple of spots within the city where snow would not be cleared away too quickly, and while they were tourist-free. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little bit of snow</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/a-little-bit-of-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/a-little-bit-of-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sous la neige]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been much excitement towards the end of last week, when snow was forecasted to make its first appearance for the year. Everyone (I know) was waiting in gleeful anticipation on Monday when Météo-France issued the relevant alerts. Still, most part of the day was uneventful while the temperature remained chilly. We spotted them [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 2</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[7ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galette des rois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jardin du Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a tough week to be motivated to go out and play photographer. For the most part of the week, I was battling a horrible cold and cough (which includes a couple of &#8220;home arrest&#8221; days to try to get better) while staring out the window at what looked like the most dull [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaga over galettes des rois</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/gaga-over-galettes-des-rois/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/gaga-over-galettes-des-rois/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epiphany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Kayser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galette des rois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Hermé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=6401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am, as the French would say, accro. Hook, line and sinker. This is what I look forward to in grey and dreary January in France. My little slice of sunshine and happiness. It is not les soldes, but that flaky puff pastry with frangipane filling (or other delicious almond-based fillings) called galette des rois. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Project 365 &#8211; Week 1</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/project-365-week-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[15ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jardin du Luxembourg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P365-2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panthéon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Denis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2012, I took a break from Project 365 after running it for a couple of years &#8211; that of 2010 as a personal project known to a handful few friends, and that of 2011 hosted on this very blog itself. During the break, I found myself spending significantly less time exploring parts of Paris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free visits on Sunday</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/free-visits-on-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/free-visits-on-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free visit Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monument]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Museums are teeming with all thing curious, interesting, beautiful, ugly, etc that I could spend an entire day in a large one or hop from a small one to another, and would most likely happily repeat the same the next day. (I even own a couple of museum cards so I have unlimited access all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigo à prix unique? Not for now.</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/navigo-a-prix-unique-not-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/navigo-a-prix-unique-not-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 06:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navigo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RATP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I aim to focus on in 2013 is to work on improving my French. To that end, not only will I try to revise my knowledge of grammatical aspect of the language, I need to correct the way I speak (sounding &#8220;cute&#8221; just doesn&#8217;t cut it) and to also read more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On welcoming 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/on-welcoming-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2013/01/on-welcoming-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is one certainty in life, it is that life is uncertain. This time three years ago &#8211; 2010, that is &#8211; I was at the brink of finishing my thesis and completely ignorant of how the year would unfold. In my stressed-out mind, there was only one thing to focus on: hand in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How did I do in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/12/how-did-i-do-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/12/how-did-i-do-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resolutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This is my life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in January, I wrote about working on life resolutions and tasked myself on 12 little things to do. Let&#8217;s have a quick recap on how that went, and then I&#8217;ll let you know my opinion on this endeavour. 15 minutes of reflection time Some day, I took more than 15, but often, I&#8217;m afraid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A peek at Pornic</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/a-peek-at-pornic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/a-peek-at-pornic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pornic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sightseeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekend getaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we left for Brittany, in the train, I told Frédéric that we must go to La Trinitaine at some point during the weekend we were there. I was flexible for any activities that he could think of, but I absolutely could not come back without my favourite goodies from the shop &#8211; nougats tendres [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PACSed!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/pacsed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/pacsed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreigner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacte civil de solidarité]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperasse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paperworks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve jumped hoops, performed tricks and cartwheels. And then we were PACSed ;) It has been a stressful few weeks, in no small part due to paperwork concerns. It&#8217;s not just about run-of-the-mill effort in gathering the necessary documents, it&#8217;s the little things that we did not know we needed and only told within limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Each day in France, by numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/each-day-in-france-by-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/each-day-in-france-by-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun Fact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Numbers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s any aspect of speaking French that scares me the most, it&#8217;s the numbers. Even scientific French snags a lesser spot on the scale of scariness. Smaller numbers, sure, no problem. Deciphering the numbers higher between 69 and 100 on their own, I&#8217;ve managed them quite well (I hope). However, throw in the hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Côte Sauvage: from Le Pouliguen to Batz-sur-Mer</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/cote-sauvage-from-le-pouliguen-to-batz-sur-mer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/cote-sauvage-from-le-pouliguen-to-batz-sur-mer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Batz-sur-Mer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brittany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Côte Sauvage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Pouliguen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sightseeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekend getaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Weather in Brittany is supposedly similar to the Irish&#8217;s, mostly rain-related, but I find a rather dissimilar point between them &#8211; in Ireland, we often get drizzle all day long whereas in Brittany, rain and sunny spell alternate in bursts. This trip round, I&#8217;ve been lucky. It rained when we were in cars etc, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter must: hot chocolate (and pastry)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/winter-must-hot-chocolate-and-pastry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/winter-must-hot-chocolate-and-pastry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebouillanté]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Genin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Hévin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Un Dimanche à Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The relatively early arrival of wintry weather means I&#8217;ve been out on a hunt for hot chocolate. Following a number of recommendations plus some random taste-testing, I came to the conclusion that great hot chocolate at a bargain is an urban legend. A great cuppa doesn&#8217;t come at €3-5. Instead, be prepared to dole out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Un copain, mon copain</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/un-copain-mon-copain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/11/un-copain-mon-copain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lost in translation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, during a family meal chez ma belle famille, the conversation turned towards plans for Christmas break and I regretfully informed everyone that I will not be joining them this year for the celebration. Instead I will be Ireland-bound to visit my family and friends. (Oh yes, I can&#8217;t wait to see my niece!) [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scammers in the city</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/scammers-in-the-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/scammers-in-the-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bracelet trick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Con artists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petition scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petition trick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ring trick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scammers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh they were bold alright. Very bold. Had I not witness it myself, I would have a harder time believing it. Paris, for many, is an idyllic and nostalgic city. And romantic. And classic. And [fill in appropriate adjectives as you wish]. On a recent drizzly afternoon, Frédéric and I were out on a walking [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keeping up, you and I</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/keeping-up-you-and-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/keeping-up-you-and-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keep in touch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve been a pretty sporadic blogger for a few months now. A good deal of things happened, and there are so much that I really want to share with you, whether it be about Paris or elsewhere or something else altogether. So I&#8217;m working on catching up on the news right now, new [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A taste of Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/a-taste-of-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/a-taste-of-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[6ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting friends always make the best excuse to eat in new restaurants (well, new to us anyway) and we took advantage of it recently to check out an Indonesian restaurant not far from our place. Restaurant Indonesia &#8211; I know, not the most imaginative of name but does the job perfectly &#8211; is just steps [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The (failed) art of giving directions</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/the-failed-art-of-giving-directions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/the-failed-art-of-giving-directions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giving direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in France]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently catching up on Episode 2 of The France Project (it&#8217;s all about stereotypes) and right near the start, an Indian guy interviewed by Katia talked about helpfulness of people in giving directions. Instead of feeling all nice and fuzzy that Paris came across so positively , I actually started to feel guilty. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can we stop now with the love locks?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/can-we-stop-now-with-the-love-locks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/can-we-stop-now-with-the-love-locks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love locks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pont Alexandre III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pont des Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vandalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is no longer a mere curiosity. Love-lock bridges have cropped up in various locations worldwide, and Paris is no exception. On a number of occasions, I have even had the honour of giving direction to the &#8220;Pont des Clés&#8221;, as one tourist put it. It has been talked about in plenty of columns and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sooo&#8230; I&#8217;m a Monsieur?</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/sooo-im-a-monsieur/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/sooo-im-a-monsieur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Name]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have good reason to believe, in most countries of the world, my name gives a clear indication that I&#8217;m female, owner (or carrier?) of XX chromosomes. In the past, I&#8217;ve used the title &#8220;Miss&#8221; and &#8220;Ms&#8221; interchangeably and still there wasn&#8217;t an issue of mistaken gender even for someone who hasn&#8217;t yet met me [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Favourite pâtissiers of Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/favourite-patissiers-of-paris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/favourite-patissiers-of-paris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angelina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Genin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patisserie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pâtisserie des Rêves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pâtissier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Hermé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadaharu Aoki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a few favourite pastry shops that I inevitably drop by far more often than I should. Or than my bank counsellor would advise. Given there are a good few other great pastry shops aorund town, I definitely must widen my horizon but the problem is, I normally try to not overindulge when it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oh yes, do go to Abri</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/oh-yes-do-go-to-abri/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/oh-yes-do-go-to-abri/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10ème]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poissonnière]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barely a couple of weeks following its opening, Nico&#8217;s brother suggested that we met for lunch at &#8220;a sandwicherie near Poissonnière&#8221;. It was all rather mysterious and upon arrival, I was confused by the name City Café Sandwich but something clicked &#8211; I have just glanced through a café-bistrot recommendation a few days earlier and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Views from la Tour Eiffel</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/views-from-la-tour-eiffel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/views-from-la-tour-eiffel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arc de Triomphe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Champ de Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Invalides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montmartre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacré-Cœur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trocadero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Views]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a good many years since I last ascended the Eiffel Tower. If I recall correctly, the last time I went up would be in 2004 with Beejay (his 21st birthday present; a trip to Europe from Andrew and I!) but Andrew assured me it would have been 2006 when he was visiting [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Playing tourist, family-style</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/playing-tourist-family-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/10/playing-tourist-family-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eiffel Tower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a well-charged fortnight with one visitor after another (it&#8217;s like we&#8217;re running a B&#038;B, but free!) and this week, it&#8217;s time for a little family vacation. With my brothers and I living in different countries, a get-together for all of us has never been easy. We&#8217;d be so lucky if we manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little choux magic</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/a-little-choux-magic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/a-little-choux-magic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chouquette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choux pastry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popelini]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite treats from the many boulangeries around is les chouquettes. Little airy puffs topped with pearl sugar, it is incredibly easy to munch down a packet of them within minutes and then feel a twinge of guilt for overindulging and/or not sharing. They can be bought on per piece basis (€0.15-0.20 each) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 lessons in 17 months</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/17-lessons-in-17-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/17-lessons-in-17-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life in France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It still surprises me some day that I live in Paris. Not only that, time has also sneaks up on me. It didn&#8217;t feel that long ago when I flew into Paris-CDG with an overweight suitcase, battling my way up and down staircases of public transport system and my then new building (how come no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gelato-mania</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/gelato-mania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/gelato-mania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gelato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glacier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sorbet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a while, in June and July, I was wondering if summer has decided to bypass us completely and transitioned from spring to autumn directly. There were plenty of grey skies, rainy days, and temperature hovering at miserable high 10s or low 20s. How unlike last year when my coats were practically kept in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vouvoiement vs tutoiement</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/vouvoiement-vs-tutoiement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/vouvoiement-vs-tutoiement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politeness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politesse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tutoyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vouvoyer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an article on BBC yesterday that discusses the use of &#8220;tu&#8221; on social media and how this is causing a cultural clash in France. But first, let&#8217;s pedal back a little for those who read the sentence above and went &#8220;what&#8221;? What&#8217;s tu? Or for the Malaysians, apa tu? ;) We have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk languages</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/lets-talk-languages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/09/lets-talk-languages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local lingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franglais]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manglish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=5035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I speak Franglais? I like it that I grew up in a multi-lingual environment, and that I have opportunity to live abroad and experience new languages in the process. At present, I use either English or French in my daily conversations and they are slowly mergin to take life on its own. Slightly alarmingly for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mobility made easier in Paris</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/08/mobility-made-easier-in-paris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/08/mobility-made-easier-in-paris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navigo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RATP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Velib']]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=4973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Moving around Paris and in Ile-de-France has just been made easier. Hands up anyone who uses Velib&#8217; and are owners of Android phones. Hands up too anyone who has limited zone Navigo passes. Here&#8217;s what happened this week&#8230; Biking in Paris Finally an official Velib&#8217; app for Android! Thousands of iPhone users have been enjoying [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Short and easy&#8221; day-trip (to Mont St Michel)</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/05/short-and-easy-day-trip-to-mont-st-michel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/05/short-and-easy-day-trip-to-mont-st-michel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daytrip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daytrip from Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mont St Michel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am bemused each time I read an article exclaiming that Mont St Michel is a short day trip away from Paris, and this includes Rick Steves&#8217; claim of it being an easy day trip. Maybe, if you are a staunch believer of around-every-country-in-Europe-in-30-days kind of tourism…? Let’s established a couple of basic things here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordic dining: DILL Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/05/nordic-dining-dill-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/05/nordic-dining-dill-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DILL Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nordic Cuisine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reykjavík]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=8025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the eve before our departure for Reykjavík, I had the good fortune to across an article that talked about the emergence of Nordic cuisine, led by René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen. As I read through the article, my attention was steered immediately to the mention of DILL Restaurant, conveniently located in the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Circle Tour</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/the-golden-circle-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/the-golden-circle-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geysir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Circle Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gullfoss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haukadalur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reykjavík]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skálholt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strokkur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Þingvellir]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I should probably also add to the title of the post: on a very wet and windy day. Our time in Reykjavík was limited. The deal for return flights and 3 nights hotel stay translated to only 2.5 days for activities &#8211; a fact not communicated to us until weeks after we&#8217;ve paid for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grillið Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/grillid-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/grillid-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grillið Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reykjavík]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skyr]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the monetary aspect, Iceland is not for the faint-hearted. Food in particular don&#8217;t come cheap. Bearing that in mind, LT and I thought, why not splurge a little? Instead of paying dearly for supposed budget eats, we would indulge in higher-end dining that would actually be comparable in price to that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First impression: Reykjavík</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/first-impression-reykjavik/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/first-impression-reykjavik/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First impression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reykjavík]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back, I saw a travel deal to Reykjavík that was all too tempting. I managed to wrangle my friend LT to travel together with me, and since hotel was already part of the deal, suffice to say we didn&#8217;t do too much pre-trip research. Two days before departure, I had a quick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the brocante</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/at-the-brocante/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/at-the-brocante/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have noticed, in the period that daylight savings is in operation, big bright banners start to crop up just about everywhere. Brocante! Vide grenier! Salons d&#8217;antiquaires! (Garage sale! Empty the basket! Antique salon!) Held usually over a weekend at a specific location, these pop up markets have some pretty interesting things to sell. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The joy of raclette</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/the-joy-of-raclette/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/the-joy-of-raclette/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Drink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raclette]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Winter get-together chez Chloé invariably means there would be at least one raclette session, if not another couple of sessions of aligot and mont d&#8217;or too. These cheese-filled events are relatively easy to organise, feed a good crowd, and everyone&#8217;s always content after that. What&#8217;s fun is that Chloé has a good old fashion raclette [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Start, pause, stuck&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/start-pause-stuck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/start-pause-stuck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ma vie en France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My life in France]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing a personal blog should be easy, right? After all, these are my experiences that I’m trying to put to pages. However, every so often, I find myself starting little snippets and then paused, not entirely sure how to finish them up without putting everyone to sleep, and all the while thinking &#8220;why would anybody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Stealthy) free ride</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/stealthy-free-ride/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianlau.com/2012/04/stealthy-free-ride/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Métro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RATP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tram]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lilianlau.com/?p=7577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And this is how they ride for free… Take the public transport often enough and the various methods employed by fare evaders would have been clear. However, as the general consensus holds firm to the principle of “it’s not my business to say anything” it is easy for these folks to get away with it. [...]]]></description>
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