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Three weeks in Bogotá with Claire and the kids: the cold of the high plain, my mother a little smaller, an ajiaco, and a question she had never asked me quite like that.
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Lyon, France
Le carnet de Julien
A Bogotá native in Lyon, writing in the language my kids understand but won't speak.
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Hi, I'm Julien
- 46 years old
- Translator
- Lyon, France
My name is Julián, but nobody in Lyon calls me that: here I've been Julien since day one. I was born in Bogotá and I've lived in Lyon for twelve years. This is where I write about whatever is happening to me: the kids, the job of translating, the river, the things I miss. There's no theme here, just a life, which is plenty.
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