Marianne dans la salle du conseil

Last week, VDP was telling you about Marianne, it was here. This is the Marianne sculpture inside the council room of the Préfecture!

La semaine dernière, VDP vous entretenait de Marianne, c'était ici. Voici la Marianne de la salle du conseil de l'hôtel du département / Préfecture.

Good luck pigs, Glücksschweinchen

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Runner-up for City Daily Photo shop window theme day:
these strange Glücksschweinchen! 
Good luck pig pillows in a Vienna store window.
For only 24 Euros you can take one home. 
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Christmas Woollies

Do people really buy and wear these jumpers?  Well yes they do.  When I first moved to the UK the things that really stood out for me is the Brits capacity and love to dress up.  Any occasion and any outfit.  The Xmas jumper is one of the more tame dress up days.  This year it will be December the 18th.  Expect everyone from kids in prams to business executives to be wearing a jumper like these.

It is not all crazy, they will also be raising money for charity.  This year is Macmillan Cancer support, Make-A-Wish UK and Save the Children.  If you want to take part get your kit here.

Squash

I don't have any new local material so I need to pull from this and that. This is a run-down but colorful wagon that my sister-in-law, Pat, keeps beside the farmhouse in Kansas, full of a variety of squash. Just for decoration.

This made me curious about the origins of the word, since it has another, very different meaning in English. It's more complicated than you might think.                   

Twizy

Back in October, VDP wanted to show you the cute new Renault Twizy vehicles of the palace grounds surveillance and security staff. That was a fail... These little things are fantastic to get around Paris, and especially to park there!

En octobre, VDP voulait vous montrer les chouettes petites Twizy de la surveillance du domaine du château. Raté...