Hobo in Paris

Issue No. 29, March 19, 2008

In this week's Hobo in Paris, learn about the “Paris Syndrome” afflicting many of your fellow expats in French Tease, enter the Twilight Zone with Isabel Ortiz in Treading Perrier, hit the road for the first of a two-part series on Brussels on The Outbound Train, meet a hobo named Jack Kerouac with Brian Van der Horst in 21^st Century Dharma Bum and then read about an upcoming musical event in Paris with guest contributor Doug English. When you're all done but still craving more, pick your favorite Hobo In Paris column and read the whole series dating all the way back to 2007 AD, each with its own copious panoply of useful information, in-depth analysis of the pressing issues of the day and cathartic gripes about expat life in France.

French Tease

French Tease By Mollie Coyne Paris Syndrome. Ah, Paris. The city of lights. The city of lovers. The most beautiful city in the world. A dream destination for almost everyone in the world. Oscar Wilde once said that when good Americans die, they go to Paris. (Of course, ahem, Oscar Wil...
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21st Century Dharma Bum

21st Century Dharma Bum by Brian Van der Horst Dharma Who? There are French reasons for which I named this column. Well sure, Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel, The Dharma Bums was a gleefully righteous harbinger of the hippie years, and a paean to the Beat Generation. On the Road was perhaps the...
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Treading Perrier

Treading Perrier by Isabel Ortiz The Twilight Zone. When I look at my plane tickets, I know exactly where I've come from and where I am. But sometimes when I look around and pay too much attention, I'm not quite sure. I might be in the Twilight Zone. Here in Paris, I'm normally tem...
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The Outbound Train
	Outbound Train by Mollie Coyne Brussels Sprouts: Part I (The Bad News First) It takes one hour and twenty minutes to get from Paris to Brussels on the high-speed Thalys train. Then it takes one hour and twenty minutes to get from the Bruxelles-Midi train station to your hotel. No matter ... Read More >>

Opera by Doug
	Opera by Doug By Douglas English: A Music Concert. Chamber Orchestra of Europe Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano, direction Program: Joseph Haydn Symphonie n°22 "Le Philosophe" Arnold Schönberg Drei Stücke für Kammerensemble Anton Webern Sechs Bagatellen op.9, pour quatuor à cordes... Read More >>