Destination: France
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Sat, 23 Sep 2006 | By language-guides | Views [44543] | Comments [11]
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but
not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you
couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going?
The WorldNomads.com French Language ... Read more >
Tags: language guides, language lesson, france, french, learn french, french language, podcast, phrase book, ipod, world nomads
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 | By catherine_and_james | Views [4725] | Comments [3]
La Croisette, Rue d'Antibes, sandy beaches, film festival...Of all the places we could have been posted in France :) For the next six months we're based here in our own apartment. Not living out of a back pack! Cooking our own food! We're both working ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 | By ramsaym | Views [2840] | Comments [16]
Some interesting things about France -Their keyboards are really odd. They do not have an underscore anywhere! - There are public markets all over the place which is the cheapest and best place to buy produce. They move around though, so you have ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [2024]
Forget a wave of relief, the morning of the day we left for Morocco with Lyn and Alan it was more like a tsunami. We sent our passports to the Syrian embassy in Paris four weeks before then. The embassy states that it takes ten days to get a visa. ... Read more >
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [1595] | Comments [4]
I'm so over Paris. Seriously. Sunday, it's pissing down, and everywhere is shut. So much so that it was even impossible to buy a bloody umbrella. Have they heard of initiative in France?
Is it that I am still trying to kick this flu? Is it that ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, dead, death, change, culture, history, mood, reflection, age
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By jmbworldpilgrimage | Views [1177]
Leaving the flatness of the Netherlands behind, I was excited to get vertical with some famous French bouldering. Our destination: Fontainebleau, the magical forest that could be the perfect setting for the next Grimm fairy tale. I can't emphasize ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 27 Jun 2006 | By simon_monk | Views [1038]
By far and away the best thing about Paris is that they have made absolutely no concession to the car. The city was designed to be navigated by foot and by Metro and that is the way it stays. And, if you are like me and love to walk and wander and get ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Wed, 25 Jul 2007 | By guillermoafonso | Views [1000] | Comments [1]
Inicio del viaje Empezamos el viaje el 25 de Julio a las 12 del mediodia. Salimos direccion Bruselas con el viejo Ford Fiesta Calypso, que pasaria a mejor vida en Bruselas. La reparacion del techo era mucho mas cara de lo que cuesta el coche. Asi que ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 30 May 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [987] | Comments [4]
First things first, let me please explain that for the sake of saving time my punctuation will be everything but nonexistant in this instalement. I wasnt aware that keyboards were different in continental Europe and the change has forced me to type ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [972] | Comments [2]
hey guys. Just wanted to share the pictures of my bruised knee from iceskating. Feeling very tired - again - and we have a class tonight. Spoke to a lot of you today - it was very nice. a plus PS: did i mention that my camera, yesterday when ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By bkhk4fun | Views [843]
Patti: As it is now well in to November, it has become a little more difficult to travel in Europe. Most campgrounds are closed, the days are short on sunlight hours, and the weather had definitely turned colder. We are presently in Mulhouse, France ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 | By cam2yogi | Views [834] | Comments [1]
Who’s Guiding Whom Upon The Way? T he moment I stepped into Cahors the clouds opened their hulls. Cargos of rain poured as I laggardly entered civilization and sought shelter within a phone booth. Inside the one-man encasing, its’ glass shielded ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 4 Dec 2007 | By anabobana | Views [813]
hiiiii - just had dinner - lots of glasses of nice red wine - cant be bothered typing the 'facts' we learnt today -so see nicis blog if you would like ot know the history that we learnt today ... we learnt a lot about josephine today - she is napoleons ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [760] | Comments [1]
Never trust French men who try to flatter you. My friend and I were sitting in a café grabbing a bite to eat. My friend left the table to go to the bathroom and a man came up to me and stroked my face, saying something to the effect of: "Beautiful ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, france, stolen, scam, true claim stories
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 | By snape_and_coles | Views [744] | Comments [5]
Hi everyone! OK, so after 2 failed attempts and roughly 1 1/2 hours wasted typing on this blog... I'm having another go now that we are back in London. Bacially seeing as it's all past tense, I'll just review most things we did so you know what we've ... Read more >
Tags: Contiki
Wed, 26 Dec 2007 | By anabobana | Views [743]
25 th December Merry Christmas We have just opened all our presents and had breakkie ... its about 10am and in an hour we are heading off to Christmas lunch at sophie’s mums house (the grandma) but I don’t think I can eat another ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 | By solbeam | Views [731]
So for the record, I am now officially giving exact change, correctly ordering vegetarian food, and making it three or (sometimes!) even four sentences deep into conversations. It’s probably not particularly exciting for anyone else, but these are ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [723] | Comments [10]
In case anyone was wondering, we made it to Paris no problem. Okay, I say no problem, but I really mean we woke up at 3:45am, took a taxi to the airport, took off at 7:00, arrived at 9:00, arrived by bus in Paris at 10:30, and then spent two hours trying ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [708] | Comments [3]
6/30: STOP THIEF! (Now, how do you say that in french) At around 0330 this morning we were returning from the bathroom, "Sherry, I think we're missing some clothes." Sure enough, four of Jon's shirts and a pair of my shorts were taken ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Tue, 13 May 2008 | By climberchris | Views [680] | Comments [3]
Don't pitch your tent in an ant's nest. Especially if you intend to leave the inner door flap open to 'allow the air to circulate' during the day. Don't play football on astroturf with bare feet. It will give you blisters half the size of your ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 | By solbeam | Views [673]
Popes, priests and prophets have their methods. Merchants, and those who buy
from them, name it in terms of this or that currency. But the value and
blessing upon any object, for me, cannot be determined by karat,
weight, age, dollar or any element ... Read more >
Tags: friends, france, blessing
Fri, 26 May 2006 | By lolo | Views [656] | Comments [3]
hey everyone!! and again...SO much has happened since i wrote last...i'm getting really bad at keeping in touch as this trip wears on. but i think that my lack of communication also has a lot to do with the fact that i'm sorting a lot out in my ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Mon, 6 Nov 2006 | By solbeam | Views [650]
Where
the line narrows at the neck of the plane, instead of offering extended
arms of right-of-way (as I have been accustomed), men briskly step in
front of me with unknown, but unquestioned, authority on the order.
Downcast eyes discard my presence ... Read more >
Tags: airports, senegal
Sat, 16 Sep 2006 | By solbeam | Views [643]
And although my French is shy, awkward and stuttering, Paris is as
smooth, soft and sexy as the voice of a French lover. The problem,
really, with my French, is that I know just enough to start any
conversation, but can’t comprehend enough to respond ... Read more >
Tags: airports
Thu, 19 Oct 2006 | By solbeam | Views [628]
Once upon a time, in the Caribbean waters on the coast of Honduras, where the water and sky constantly compete in an indiscernible photo finish for the definition of turquoise, I was working as a divemaster with a Swiss and an Australian boy. One ... Read more >
Tags: animals, france, tinkerbell
