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I am very happy that it is basically perfect summer weather now It is still 28 degrees so a bit on the warm side but it is surprisingly very doable

My ranking of black-coloured sodas is as follows - Auvergnat Cola - Dr. Pepper - Coca Cola Cherry Zero - Most other flavoured colas - Regular flavoured cola. But I will drink all of these without complaining

I wanted a soda on today's daytrip but at E. Leclerc they only had 1.5L Dr. Pepper. If I wanted a 500ml bottle I had to get coca cola. I prefer Dr. Pepper. So what I did was I finished the Auvergnat Cola I still had in the fridge yesterday and filled the 500ml bottle of it with Dr. Pepper.

I should buy one of these devices that reads the temperature and humidity of my apartment

I never really enjoyed pain au chocolat until I moved to France lol guess I mostly just had bad pain au chocolat.

One thing I have learned about learning languages is that it is more effective to watch something in a language you speak with subtitles in your target language, than to watch something in your target language with subtitles of a language you speak. As it's easier to block out sound than subtitles

The day before yesterday, I had some pierogi with merguez sausages. Made from scratch by @82streetcar.bsky.social

This weather is really funny because you drink a lot but barely have to go to the bathroom because you sweat most of it out

Falling asleep to power metal >>>

I have had 3 Americans in my apartment and their reaction to me having taps for hot and cold range from"ah you have the weird European taps" to "I am glad you have the same tap we had in the US. In the Netherlands I spent ages until realising one was for temperature and the other for water strength"

In het plaatsje Rechthoek was vandaag ook een temperatuurrecord: 90 graden

Apparently you are supposed to drink 1.5L per day but like if I drink that much I feel like I'll dry out. I always drink way more.

Cover of Jacques Brel's Marieke that takes place in Aquitaine instead of Flanders and is about the towns Bruges and Gan.

There are some 4-year-olds out there about to experience their fifth prime minister.

this actually tastes fine if I just suck on it instead of biting on it lmao

I've had far more occasions to consider the weirdness of the word 'resign' than I would like in recent years. Surely it ought to mean to renew your contract, as in 'I'm resigning. That's right, I am re-signing my contract with the British people for another ten years, baby.'

hmm right I have a 2026 Swiss autoroute vignette. I should go to Switzerland by car sometime again. Mostly to do A13, especially the bit between Chur and Bellinzona looks fun.

both of the countries I can claim as mine are funny in the sense that, in both, the centre is where the normal people are and the north and the south is both where the people that get made fun of are.

Ah speaking of flags I am in the Netherlands for 2 weeks in August. I need to buy Oudewater flag decals to put on the back of my car.

I've always wanted arm tattoos but I think it'd be kinda ugly with how stick figured my arms are 😭

SNCF has really been making great progress installing water fountains at train stations

Volé sur le fédivers.

I bought this because I figured it'd be nice that it contained real coffee for a quick caffeine boost However I don't like the flavour of coffee, and this tastes too much like coffee to be enjoyable to me.

Gimmick accounts that post way too much and flood your timeline

I have barely left my house this week except to do groceries and go to an exam I had but each time I want to go outside I am reminded that it's a fucking sauna outside so I stay in

ok who says that last one

Gezakte Jordy (17) wordt door zijn ouders op eindexamenreis gestuurd naar Moldavië

Became very frustrated at the tax office here for a second, but I think my frustration has died down I am trying to import my car into France because I've been living here for nearly a year but like none of the agencies I need help from is cooperating.

from japanese wikipedia (autotranslated to english)

暁美ほむら Homura Akemi on a casual dress! Commission for @christmaspie.bsky.social! Thank you so much! #まどマギ #MadokaMagica

today is a great day to eat an entire raw bell pepper

I think the term "terrifying provincial nothingness" was coined to describe the area between Paris and Orléans

Les Aubrais railway station in the metro area Orléans is giving Brussels Nord vibes.

Energy drink cans always say like "not recommended for pregnant people". And that just makes me think jesus christ good thing I can't get pregnant I can barely survive a day without one normally let alone while trying to develop a second human in my body

Vaping is the gayest thing a man can do What do you mean you constantly suck on something? How gay!

I remember talking to someone about city buses in Woerden, specifically with someone from there, and I am like 90% it was in a dream because it was really recent and I haven't talked to people from Woerden in a while as I no longer live near there.

song with a specific name are often way too specific to be relatable but sometimes you know someone by that name and then it's just... totally relevant

I've never had to tell a guest where my bathroom is because I have 2 doors from my entrance halll, one is the kitchen / bed / living room, the other is the bathroom, so it's pretty obvious small appartments are fun

I really need to get more confidence writing French 90% of the time I want to confirm if what I said is correct before sending the message, I end up being correct.

I am watching Eurovision on the French tv network's online stream, and it's very funny that the semi-finals had like 3.5K online watchers at its peak, and the grand final current has 38K views. France being a big 5 country doesn't help lol

my hypermarket moved all types of cup noodles to the asian section except for the brand I always buy, which is a French branch, but tastes really good. So now in the pasta aisle you have one line of a single brand of cup noodle which is funny.

all the Eurovision budget this year went into drugs for Michael and dresses for Victoria

I am at the Marge Simpson stage of the Eurovision season

Dense

Even over dat Hantavirus. Alles wat deze dude zegt.