The ashtray is on the table today ... and other misadventures of a would-be French speaker
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An author describes her experiences while living in France and trying to learn and understand French. She begins to discover and realize the true nature of the French society while slowly learning the difficulties of speaking French language,
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1997
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Italian intermezzo
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A writer recalls his month-long stay in the Punta Rossa hotel in Italy. The seaside hotel, which is located between Rome and Naples, offers private bungalows, suites, single and double rooms, a restaurant, nightclub and a bar.
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1997
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Saggy-bed summers: remembering a weary old house somewhere off the coast of Maine
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A novelist recalls a dilapidated house on Cliff Island off the coast of Maine that he rented for a summer. The house and its uncomfortable conditions mysteriously evoked a sense of floating out to sea, which he was drawn to.
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1996
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