Destination: France

La crotte de chien!

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [732]

Beware the streets are full of it. Sadly you have to keep your eyes down when walking amidst the beauty of Paris, due to the number of chic doggies who also walk the streets and use them as a toilet.  So I asked my French teacher about this strange anomaly ... Read more >

Paris at last!!

Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [734]

After the summer in central France where I spoke almost no French ('international centre' which means English is the common language) I decided actually sign up for a French course in Paris.  Also I didn't have time/energy to visit Paris for most of ... Read more >

Gallery: Dover to Paris

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By larneandjas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: europe tour

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By larneandjas | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Avignon

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By nemokitty | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Albi

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Antibes

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Paris

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 | By babs | Photo Gallery

more memories..

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [579]

 Another glimpse of the summer circa June 5th: We have been blessed with incessant chill and damp, and occasional rays of sun.  I am now relaxing after the most hectic month you could imagine.  Hundreds of people coming and going for different bits of ... Read more >

HIGH SUMMER AT DECHEN CHOLING

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [639]

Here is something I wrote for the Shambhala Europe newsletter: see www.shambhala-europe.org My impressions of summer since the Gesar Festival have been of flowers: the wisteria dripping purple blossoms for almost a month before fading and beginning ... Read more >

Summer was fun ...

Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By joyful_jo | Views [512]

As you may have noticed I haven,t posted anything since I left India.  I spent four months at a retreat centre in France but can,t claim to have been in holy silence for all that time. In fact after the first month when I did an intensive retreat (this ... Read more >

Nice

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 | By jennifer164 | Views [337]

We arrived yesterday in Barcelona our luggage did not.  We were late to Newark because of the weather in Memphis.  We sprinted through the Newark airpor, I felt like we were on Amazing Race, got to the plane as they were shutting the door and they opened ... Read more >

Gallery: bonjour 1 - nandes

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 | By rose_babic | Photo Gallery

Paris v2.0

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 | By romsterrom | Views [870]

My second crack at the Romance city was a good deal more pleasant than the first. This time when i arrived i was not jet lagged, it was not raining and i had pre-booked accommodation. As a bonus, i was already ... Read more >

Gallery: bonjour 3 - paris

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 | By rose_babic | Photo Gallery