France Lockdown, Season II
Guess what? Last night, the French President officially announced a national Covid-19 lockdown for the second time, starting from Friday, 30 October. French Lockdown, Season II. In the past five…
2020
Moving from Traditional to Digital Classrooms
France’s economy, like those of many countries, almost came to a complete standstill during the Covid-19 lockdown. For France, it was for two months from 17th March to 11th May.…
Warm-Up Hike: Feissons-Sur-Salins — Refuge du Mont Jovet
What was meant to be a gentle leg-stretch above our Savoie chalet became a 24 km climb to Refuge du Mont Jovet, and a cash-only lunch we had to budget…
Preamble to Two-Week Stay in Savoie
The second part* of our summer starts today, 31 July 2020. We have booked a chalet at Feissons-sur-Salin, a tiny village located at an altitude of 1260m in the Savoie…
Reading-In-Progress (RIP) Books
A tour of my bedside stack of RIP (reading-in-progress) books, topped by an 8-inch pile of half-finished classics and contemporary reads—and a confession about why the pile never seems to…