Destination: France
There are [576] stories and [9667] photos from France
Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random
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
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
Sun, 2 Dec 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [553] | Comments [2]
Today is a relaxing day. It's raining outside, and i'm talking to australian people on msn. Yey. The girls who went out last time had a terrible night. Um... chocolate is good. OMG update! i was chatting to everyone a few minutes ago - an had ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
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
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, 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, 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
Fri, 3 Nov 2006 | By solbeam | Views [600]
pinched but not popped
Journal Entry Condom, France (How unfortunate to have a contraceptive device named after your city!) Mid-October Four
days ago, my brother (by blood) and my sister (by marriage) jumped off
a two-car train and ... Read more >
Tags: family, france, condom
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
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By devinashley | Views [266] | Comments [4]
Well, yesterday, after sitting for 7 hours in a train station in Toulouse France, we got aboard our night train to Paris. A nice way to end the day. Our breakfast yesterday and today consisted of wheat bread with peanut butter spread over it and slices ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [104] | Comments [4]
Paris,
beautiful Paris.. We arrived in France finally after an excruciating
12 hour journey to our first contiki camp site for a taste of what
was to come.. We were happy to find out that our camping equipment
was ... Read more >
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, 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 >
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By katiekimberling | Views [304] | Comments [3]
Well, the students went home, and we are running around Europe like a couple of chickens with their heads cut off. We left the hotel in Barcelona and got on a train headed for La Tour de Carol, France. Unfortunately, the tracks were being worked on, ... Read more >
Tags: andorra, paris
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By devinashley | Views [227] | Comments [3]
So my first and second impressions of France wasnt the best, Luckily, Katies friend Grant (who is living in Paris right now) had an adaquate knowledge of the city and was able to change my thoughts. We saw some relevant monuments such as the Eifel ... Read more >
Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [224] | Comments [3]
Chloes´s birthday fell whilst we were in Antibes so, after acting tourists, we scheduled a beach break. Months previously chloe´s mum, Pip, and I had hatched a plan for her and Chloe´s dad, Stefan, to come over to Antibes as a surprise. Incidentally, ... 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 >
Fri, 7 Aug 2009 | By klynne | Views [82] | Comments [3]
One word to say about Osaka in August, hot. Hot when you wake up, hot when you get out of the shower, hot when you get dressed, and all this before 7h30 AM. Add to this that I was told that the Japanese think that we smell, I have been putting multi-... Read more >
Mon, 3 Sep 2007 | By gemma | Views [237] | Comments [2]
I'm in love with this city! Why would anyone want to go to Paris when they can go to Lyon? It's so beautiful here, I don't want to leave. I know I'm gonna live here at some point in my life. Glad to have left Paris and the CELTA behind and it's ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 6 Sep 2007 | By tomvasey | Views [186] | Comments [2]
The nights sleep had done little to lift my mood. And I went about my day's preparation slowly, listless, despondant. I had to get up early as it was, because I needed to ring up Bethel and find out where the local Kingdom Hall was. I was put through ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Tue, 4 Sep 2007 | By tomvasey | Views [161] | Comments [2]
My first proper night's sleep in a tent on this trip was light, and broken. But long, and in the morning accompanied by 2 hours of very pleasant dozing. At 10, I decided it was time to get up, and make something of the day. But I didn't realise the ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [152] | Comments [2]
At the moment, Ana and I are in her room, trying to get the net working. My net is. Hers isn't. Confusing! The last plane ride was HIDEOUS. Absolutely hideous. I will add more about how terrible it was later. Suffice it to say that mum, i have a landline.... Read more >
Tags: Airports
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
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
