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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1450]

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: bastille day, fireworks, france, parc de la villette, paris
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [3880]
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
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By nicolasophie | Views [774]
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 >
Sun, 12 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1368]
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: beauvais, eurostar, france, girona, glasgow, paris, popsi bubblehead, prestwick, scotland, trains
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Views [726]
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Wed, 8 Jul 2009 | By ange_turls | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By lukeh | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By jags | Views [930] | 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 >
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By ange_turls | Views [464]

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 >
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Views [910] | 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 >
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 28 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [822]
We are sitting on a plane and leaving Europe behind us. Paul was very disappointed to make his last high speed train trip from Madrid to Bilbao on Wednesday. We were impressed that we got breakfast on the train. This is unusual for Spain for, after ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1290]

* My quest to make cassoulet here in Paris has to be deemed a failure. While expat Australian author John Baxter, who has lived here for 20 years, might have been a bit of a purist for insisting that cassoulet had to be cooked in a wood-fired oven he ... Read more >
Tags: bastille, bongo drums, cassoulet, fete de la musique, hotel de ville, lozere, marais, market, paris, wine
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [1428] | Comments [2]

With mere weeks left until the end of our six-month sojourn in Paris – hang on, didn’t we just arrive? – thoughts have turned to the question of souvenirs. This is a somewhat vexed question if the truth to be told as the only souvenirs I’ve picked ... Read more >
Tags: berlin wall, berlusconi, eiffel tower, elvis, michael jackson, mona lisa, notre dame, paris, sacre coeur, souvenirs
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