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Whether it's gastronomic greatness, artistic endeavour or cultural cachet you're looking for, there's no doubt that France still sits right at the top of the European heap. France is the country for which the word chic was invented - seductive and aloof, old-fashioned and forward-looking, but always characterised by a certain je ne sais quoi.
The country that gave the world champagne, casseroles and Camembert is justly famous for its cooking, and you'll find there are plenty of places to indulge yourself. But while France is undoubtedly a place to eat and drink to your heart's content, there's much more to this fascinating country than cutting-edge cuisine.
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Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By jags | Views [7] | Comments [1]
Ahhhh Cote D' Azur.... Superb. After a sad goodbye to Melbourne, a very long flight and a few airport dramas I finally made it to beautiful Nice. This has got to be the most amazing place i have ever seen. The bus from the airport into town took the ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Views [9]
So our time is up in the UK and we are off to travel around Europe
in our little car and a tent for accomadation. So we packed up said our
good~byes to Brighton and off we went. Cindy, Brett and Rick will be
joining us in a week or so, until then ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [17]
My partner and I were working as cooks for the outdoor kitchen at the Pari-Dakar bicycle race. I put my laptop (in its bag) inside a tall kitchen locker one evening. Someone opened up the locker and the laptop and bag fell out of the locker and on ... Read more >
Tags: laptops, electronics
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [17]
We are sitting on a plane and leaving Europe behind us. Paul was very disappointed to make his last high speed train trip from Madrid to Bilbao on Wednesday. We were impressed that we got breakfast on the train. This is unusual for Spain for, after ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [71]
* My quest to make cassoulet here in Paris has to be deemed a failure. While expat Australian author John Baxter, who has lived here for 20 years, might have been a bit of a purist for insisting that cassoulet had to be cooked in a wood-fired oven he ... Read more >
Tags: paris, fete de la musique, marais, hotel de ville, bongo drums, wine, bastille, market, cassoulet, lozere
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [86] | Comments [2]
With mere weeks left until the end of our six-month sojourn in Paris – hang on, didn’t we just arrive? – thoughts have turned to the question of souvenirs. This is a somewhat vexed question if the truth to be told as the only souvenirs I’ve picked ... Read more >
Tags: souvenirs, paris, eiffel tower, notre dame, sacre coeur, berlusconi, michael jackson, elvis, berlin wall, mona lisa
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [30]
Paul wanted me to title this entry as “Let nothing worry you nor frighten you” which is a saying of St Theresa, the patron saint of Avila, the school at which he teaches and the city which we have just spent 2 days. This statement should not be taken ... Read more >
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [41]
Another high speed train, another Spanish city. We arrived in Cordoba earlier this week. The first view of the city appeared that Cordoba was like any other Mediterranean city, palm trees and modern buildings, until the taxi arrived in the old centre ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [25]
During a Europe excursion I had a sudden Angina attack. I had to be treated and stabilized which included Oxygenotherapy, Nitroglycerine & Cardiac Monitoring. How World Nomads Helped Claimant’s medical record indicated previous symptoms relating ... Read more >
Tags: angina attack, cardiac problems, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [74] | Comments [1]
Wow! That is the best word to describe my experience of Nice. I arrived in the afternoon by train from Marseilles, and the first thing I did was walk down to the beach. An easy 15min walk and I was having ice cream on the beach in Nice! That evening ... Read more >
Tags: nice, monaco, beach, med
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