Destination: France
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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
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 | By phil_and_alex | Views [165] | Comments [13]
hello faithful readers! (i.e mum and dad) phil here again. so its been a while since we last blogged properly this has been mostly due to the fact we are stingey and dont want to spend our hard earned cash on internet hostels so donations to keep this ... Read more >
Tags: papy dance, paris, chocolate, manliness
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, 19 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [387] | Comments [9]
– Aix – en Provence
Aix “pronounced Ex as well as we can tell” is what Andrew and I have deemed our “vacation” from the busy life of Paris, Dublin, and Marseille. It has lived up to this moniker with panache. Lefty and Rrrrriiiicccaaarrrrrrrrrdooooooooooooooo ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [355] | Comments [9]
Sorry for the long delay in posting, but here goes. We have been in Paris for 10 days now, and my favorite place so far has been this place called Montemarte. It's this beautiful hill top where there is a church called Sacre Couer (Sacred Heart), ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Mon, 3 Sep 2007 | By tomvasey | Views [200] | Comments [9]
I woke up way too late, about 10:30 if I remember correctly. But hey, I'm on holiday right. Repacking was a very good idea, as I needed some space for some food, plus my bike would be on the road, so I needed to make sure that my panniers sat right. ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | By ianapple | Views [307] | Comments [8]
Hello Everyone!!! I arrived in Pau last night at around
8:30pm, or 3:30pm Eastern time. The traveling aspect was pretty
tiring, what with the 8 hour layover in Paris and my fear of flying,
but we made it. When we arrived, I was short one bag, ... Read more >
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 | By burrellian | Views [211] | Comments [8]
Day 1 - Well it would have been if I'd caught the flight I'd booked from London to Paris. Got to the airport in plenty of time, just under 2 hours before the the flight, but once there hit a wall of humanity that just wasn't moving..... I took my place ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By mascha_z | Views [581] | Comments [7]
Right, well I am still in Antibes , and no I do not have a job yet! But all is good in this chilled out town, the sun is shining and I am hardly sitting around twiddling my thumbs! I just did one day of daywork last week, and the rest of ... Read more >
Tags: Work
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [554] | Comments [7]
Today, as Alex and I wandered the streets of Aix-En-Provence, we stumbled upon the best, most
delicious, fantastically wonderful drink we have had yet in France. It was
in an international bookstore. In addition to being a bookstore, they advertised
as ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [448] | Comments [7]
Well as Andrew mentioned we arrived in France with few
mishaps, except getting the public transit a little mixed up. Which…let me explain…has continued on
multiple times throughout the rest of the trip.
We have been here three days and have without ... Read more >
Tags: Lost!
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [409] | Comments [7]
...and straight into the safe hands of old mate Tom Trounce. Some people might be disappointed that we didn't head further afield for our first stop - not us, our neighbours across the water have plenty to offer! dunnhumby Tom took us to a leaving ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [325] | Comments [7]
Just a quick note for all of you who are wondering if there are crazy people in France... yes. The other evening, Alex and I were returning home from some assortment of Parisian things, when we sat down on the train. The trains in Paris have seats that ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 | By chanty520 | Views [271] | Comments [7]
we are in nice, france right now. I think the last time i had a chance to write was our last night in rome. Since then, we have been to Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre and now here! Well, Pisa was an accident. We got stuck there on our way out of Florence ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By ianapple | Views [256] | Comments [7]
One of the most exciting parts of coming to France, for me, was hiking the Pyrenees Mountains, and this past Saturday I actually got to do it! I went with four other people from the group, and we had the time of our lives. It started off a bit sketchy ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Feb 2009 | By dkky | Views [187] | Comments [7]
Après 4 années de découvertes, d'apprentissage, de rencontres, de soirées, de folies, eh bien Laurence, alias DKKY, LOLO, Lorenzoli,LO, Caille Dead, L'américaine,LOWLOW, NONO et j'en passe. Je décide de réaliser mon rêve de m'envoler vers les contrées ... Read more >
Tags: the velvet room
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 | By largeone | Views [479] | Comments [6]
It has always been a point of conjecture whether the Mona Lisa Portraite is in fact the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. The proof of such a connection is whimsical at best, and it has been strongly debated that the portraite is of Leonardos much adored ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [297] | Comments [6]
Yay!!! The French have won the quarter finals or so in the Rugby world championships! Before I forget...here is the link to some photos that we have taken...be warned...there are a LOT of them...you don't have to look at all of them, so no posts from ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By maud-pierre | Views [122] | Comments [6]
Bonjour a tous!!!! Voila j'ai une demie heure pour vous ecrire
un petit mot car apres le cyber cafe ferme malheureusement... ca va
etre tres court pour vous raconter nos deux premieres semaines en
equateur! Deja je veux profiter de ce petit mot ... Read more >
Fri, 18 Sep 2009 | By alainc | Views [108] | Comments [6]
Bonjour, Je suis presentement rendu en a Jaca, Espagne, la température est beaucoup flus fraiche, 10-12C am et 18-20C pm. Je suis presque rendu a la moitié de mon périple soit environ 700 km. Mes chaussures commencent à montrer des signes d´usures, ... Read more >
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
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [334] | Comments [5]
I almost didn't write this email, just so that Richard would be stuck waiting four hours at the Cracker Barrel...I mean it serves him right, anyone that would go to such a laaaammmmeee place deserves what he gets. But then I thought, why not make this ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 | By crowie | Views [249] | Comments [5]
Click click click…… playlist……..click click click……..recently played……..play. Good Charlotte – Dance Floor Anthem jumps to life on my ipod. I love the driving bass line in this song. The cool Parisian air fills my lungs as I walk down the business ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By cedric_c | Views [217] | Comments [5]
Bonjour à tous, Voici donc le premier article documentant mes aventures en Asie entre le 1er Décembre 2008 et le 28 Février 2009. Je suis encore en train de préparer mon départ et il me reste beaucoup de choses à faire: réserver, vacciner, débarrasser ... Read more >
Tags: départ, préparation
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By jags | Views [138] | Comments [5]
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 >
