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Bonjour- revised edition!

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 | By phil_and_alex | Views [164] | 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

bonjour!

Sun, 2 Aug 2009 | By phil_and_alex | Views [110] | Comments [1]

hi everyone! we are noz in paris but the internet cafe has a super bizarro keyboqrd hence the funny words im typing. so this will be short! we have done lots of wandering and seeing nice things inc luxembourg gqrdens, with ducks and sailboqts in the ... Read more >

Tags: bisous, baguettes

The journey to France & Paris July 23-25

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 | By jolinklater | Views [52]

July 23rd Today Marion, Molly (Marion´s daughter), Lisa and i took a half hour trip to a shopping centre, was very similar to our DFO complexes.  Lisa bought a pair of shorts and a few other items, and i bought a new pair of bathers...black strapless ... Read more >

21 days of camping fun across Europe (aka: my 21 day bender across Europe) - Bonjour France

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By murrihyk | Views [117]

With my 3 months of summer holidays from working in Dublin, I was always going to take the opportunity to travel across Europe and see as much as I could. And being a relatively young Australian what better way to do this then with the great ... Read more >

Once more unto the beach...

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [146]

MANY thanks, Lufthansa, for telling me that you couldn’t find my son on your manifests because he had somehow got his tickets from United Airlines. Despite being on Lufthansa flight LH 565 from Ghana to Frankfurt and a further Lufthansa flight from ... Read more >

Tags: paris, plage, beaches, popsi bubblehead, el bulli, spain, beer, keith austin, voie georges pompidou, summer

France

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By milko_rosie | Views [68]

  FRANCE Friday the 17 th After a small sleep in we got on the road to our destination which we decided would be Normandy, on the Northwest coast of France. It was a trip of more than 400km. It was a miserable day with rain and lots of wind. We ... Read more >

Allons, enfants ...

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [134]

Saw an interesting sign at the Science Park in Paris’s 19e the other day (see thumbnail accompanying this update). It’s basically a Lost And Found office but it was the literal translations that struck me. In French it’s ‘Objets Trouves’ – Objects Found;... Read more >

Tags: paris, france, parc de la villette, bastille day, fireworks

August - La Pourcailhade (Pig Festival), France

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [194]

Location: Old Market, Trie Sur Baïse, Hautes-Pyrénées, France Dates: Second Sunday in August Level of Participation: 5 – not recommended for dieters Description: The smell of roast pork fills ... Read more >

Tags: france, pig festival, world festivals

Intrepid Trip: three days to go!

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By nicolasophie | Views [50]

Well I obviously didn't write anything for Thailand. Actually, it was a really shit holiday. Nick and Amelia ignored me and shunned me the entire trip, and Lachy was studying all day in order to pass his exam. I am just setting this out - maybe I ... Read more >

A Euro star!

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [146]

THERE was an advertising slogan in Britain many years ago which urged people to ‘Let the train take the strain’. That was in the supposedly good old days of British Rail, Intercity, and a nationalised train network, of course. That slogan, though, ... Read more >

Tags: paris, france, popsi bubblehead, trains, eurostar, glasgow, scotland, prestwick, beauvais, girona

France

Wed, 8 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Views [49]

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OOOO la la ... The South of France

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 >

Paris - Sunday 5th July 2009

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By ange_turls | Views [80]

Bonjour! We thought it was hot in London, but it was nothing compared to here. We have been unbelievably lucky with every day being hot and sunny. On Thursday we did a walking tour of Paris which covered many of the major sites. The tour guide was ... Read more >

PARIS

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Views [85] | Comments [1]

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 >

Laptops Don't Bounce

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [103]

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

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