Destination: France

Finding the Mentonnais Michael Jackson

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By platformnumberunknown | Views [1506] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Presenter: Evina Filmmaker: Sadia Have you ever tried a thin bed of French baguette, topped with feta cheese, dipped in Indian masala? We can assure you it’s a mind-blowing combination! We, Sadia (India) and Evina (Greece), spent one year in a dusty ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Life is what you make of it; make it an adventure

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By rodeo | Views [249] | Video | Scholarship Entry

To me, film is an infinite universe where dreams are real and all of the idealisations are true. Where anything can be perfect, and even the ugly stuff is beautiful. Where the air seems to hum and there's a kind of heavy, delicate, unknown shudder that ... Read more >

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Wild life jitters

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [380]

Met my 3rd snake yesterday, an adder curled up sunbathing on the road, nearly stepped on it , but obviously didn't cos it just uncurled and slithered into a hole at the roadside, today though I ve been paying penance for my trips out,  by strimming ... Read more >

Photos: Paris Time

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 | By widehorizon | Photo Gallery

support my story

Wed, 10 Sep 2014 | By widehorizon | Views [241]

You will be in constant contact with me only wait me  u love Paris

Tags: #paris

music?

Sun, 7 Sep 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [341]

Sitting here listening to the worst singing possible...a group called the tenerifes... sounded good the first time I heard them but things have changed. Still its qes free entertainment on  a saturday afternoon.  The classical music finished ... Read more >

Europe, 2013

Sun, 24 Aug 2014 | By jazwalker | Views [580]

My second international trip came in my last year of high school. I'd been studying modern history for the past two years and had been looking forward to doing so since I was young. One day, a friend of mine who was in my history class asked why our ... Read more >

Tags: belgium, europe, france, germany, history, school

No she didn't

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [321]

The tumble drier is all set up now but still hasn't been used, as no same day change overs, the last load of washing from the weekend went in this morning,... after all only got a domestic sized clothes line.! Monday forecast was 28 so off to the ... Read more >

Will she wont she?

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [320]

Pat haslived here for 11 years, and so far she has never needed to use the tumble drier, but that could all change! They had an end of summer festival on the 15th, comple te with usual music and dancing, held outdoors this time... and it seems the ... Read more >

Marseille

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 | By emily_witenden | Views [361]

So I lightened by bag a little by giving some clothes to charity and began my 10 hour bus journey to Marseille..thinking I'd scored a seat to myself, a man I'd politely spoken to before boarding decided to sit next to me..he was friendly but talked ... Read more >

Escape!!

Sat, 9 Aug 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [337]

Good news since the cancellation the appartment has been filled with lots of short stays...more work,! And I am still en famille, nice not having to think about meals though. All the recent 3 weekers are going this weekend.  It means the loss of ... Read more >

Photos: Europe

Wed, 6 Aug 2014 | By tbird | Photo Gallery

Piano on the Seine

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 | By tjsolstice | Views [590]

i have recently returned to Australia after a trip that went from Paris through to a week on a houseboat on the canals in Burgandy, train trip to Amsterdam and then to Hannover, flying to Malaga in Spain, followed by hire car through Southern Spain taking ... Read more >

Tags: music, paris, piano, seine

Photos: Europe 2014

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 | By tjsolstice | Photo Gallery

music

Sun, 3 Aug 2014 | By imaoptimist | Views [293]

Still a musical theme going on, groups appearing sponsored by the bars on odd nights, a tensome singing at lunch time today, even went to an organ recital but the least said about that the better! Place is full again, so I've moved in with the owners ... Read more >