The sporting pretensions of the new president have been drawing criticis, even from among Nicholas Sarkozy’s political friends. Because Monsieur Sarkozy likes to do what no other French president has done before him - he likes to go for a jog. Every morning. Whether he’s at the Elysee Palace or at various summit meetings around Europe.
This week’s postcard comes from Paddy Maguire from Radio Netherlands Worldwide who has to literally bail out his sister
Our weekly postcard and this week comes from a Dutch railway station where Michel Walraven from Radio Netherlands Worldwide came up against a train conductor with attitude.
And a new regular item on the NE website - we travel around Europe to receive a postcard from one of our producers or reporters. This week Radio Netherlands Richard Walker gives us a snapshot from Amsterdam's Schipol airport on the experience of travelling with a small child post the high profile kidnapping of Madelaine Mccann - in Portugal...
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