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Spring sprung in chic Paris

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [213] | Comments [1]

RECENTLY we have been concerned with the question of ‘chicness’. As in the age-old dilemma of whether the French actually are more chic than anyone else, or is it one of those self-fulfilling prophecies? Certainly the chap strolling the Marais ... Read more >

Tags: paris, popsi bubblehead, chic, fashion, scooters, tourists, spring, jimmy choo, stiletto, notre dame

France road trip

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [101]

Hi All, This blog entry may have plenty of fiction about it as we are writing some of it retrospectively. It is surprising how difficult it is to recall events over the past two weeks. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well as I write ... Read more >

Paris day trips

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [56]

to be started sooooon :-)

I see (too many) dead people!

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [174] | Comments [2]

Bonjour! Well I’ve been a little slack – choosing to see the sights rather than sit at my computer (funny that) and now I’ve been putting this off, because I need to write about the past week. So hold onto your hats, its gunna be a long one! The ... Read more >

Tags: london, paris, catacombes, eiffel tower, reims, champagne

Vins du Bordeaux and Les Pietons de Perigold (Bordeaux Reds and Walking the Perigold)

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [129]

  From the middle of the Perigold Valley in the Dordogne we write to you. Believe you me, after the last week we do feel very much like the foie gras ducks and geese you can see in this area. Lucky that we spend every second day of the next week walking ... Read more >

Camp- South of France

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By jmmal2 | Views [73]

For those of you who don't know I was able to get myself on the watersports camp in azu rivage. 1 week without teaching, and it beats the hell out a 1 night orientation camp in phillip island. It all started with a bus ride (3hrs) a ferry ride (2 hrs) ... Read more >

A Walk Back In Time

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [145] | Comments [1]

Back in the 70s the manager of a pub in Hackney Road, east London (The Queens, I seem to recall – now a sari shop or a sports shoe wholesaler or somesuch), leaned close and, through the crashing wall of Philadelphia Sound being pumped by DJ Blossom ... Read more >

Tags: walks, paris, latin quarter, st germain des pres, st severin, st sulpice, keith austin

Paris

Thu, 28 May 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [116]

Dear All, Up early and to the airport for our flight. We were sweating on the weight of our packs as we suspected that easy jet would charge us for every microgram over 20kg  of weight. It turned out that we were 40.3 kg and the staff didn’t really care ... Read more >

Week 4 Paris in the Spring: Musees, Velibs and Roland Garros

Mon, 25 May 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [104] | Comments [2]

  After a week in Paris we can now stroll the streets, ride the Metro and use the local bike hire system like locals. Our week commenced with a visit to the Pompidou Centre where we saw some great exhibitions by artists Alexander Calder and Kandinsky.... Read more >

entering Switzerland

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [81]

Today, im so not moving, took a walk to thonon and I around 6pm I took the laptop in the bathroom where I can get electricity, sat on the floor and started writing. A guy went in with a bike bag, so talked with him and ... Read more >

in and out of chamonix

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [58]

up for a nice day, gonna go see chamonix today. Long time I hear about it let see that mont blanc. Reached st-gervais and it was still early so told myself ok let carry on with all the stuff up to chamonix. First I tought ... Read more >

grenoble

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [52]

So Grenoble haven't seen much of it, but seem to be a nice town, all surrounded by beautiful mountain and you also have the river passing through it, sad there not really any place to sit near it... weather wasn't with me, ... Read more >

food

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [53]

I havent talk much about what I eat, camping food ain't the best food around and I also buy cheap. So it still do taste good but for a cook, sometime am happy there no one to see it. I add to change my wait of buying thing also, home I buy tonne of ... Read more >

dreams

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By cheflajoie | Views [46]

I never really remembered my dream before, well few but not has much has now that am camping. I make so much of them everynight, I should write them down everytime, I could write a complete book just with them... ... Read more >

Tags: dreams

Adventure Parks, Champagne & Paris

Mon, 18 May 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [177]

Finally we are in Paris and I am writing this from our apartment overlooking the roof tops of Paris from The Marais. This week of our trip has been a range of varied experiences. We started last Monday with a trip to Europa Park, the German Equivalent ... Read more >

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