Destination: France

Your Backyard - Paris, Interrupted

Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By noemigunea | Views [246] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I was born in Bucharest, Romania, where I got my BA in Acting. Last year, I came to do a one year programme at the Conservatoire National D’art Dramatique de Paris. Paris for me was Nouvelle Vague movies and Poulain. Living in Paris made me go beyond ... Read more >

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Water Wednesday

Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [214]

Yay! A nice, sunny day! We took full advantage of the good weather and drove up to Fontaine de Vaucluse which is a gorgeous little village at the bottom of the hill where the largest spring in France (and the fifth largest in the world) is located. It ... Read more >

Photos: Paris, France

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Photo Gallery

Paris, France

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By ccandj6monthsaway | Views [918] | Comments [2]

  We left Luxembourg City on a quick train ride to Paris.  We decided to try to negotiate the public subway system right off from the train station, and did pretty well, making it to the apartment without getting too turned around. We rented ... Read more >

Gordes and Musee des Aromes et du Parfum

Tue, 5 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [386]

Today was even colder than yesterday and rainy as well. But we'd already had our day off so we layered up and headed out. There are some days when one simply does not care about hat hair! We first went to a hilltop mediaeval village called Gordes.... Read more >

Photos: France

Mon, 4 Nov 2013 | By kwilson | Photo Gallery

Pretending to be French

Mon, 4 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [180]

We had checked the weather forecast the previous night and, as it was going to be quite a chilly day and because we both needed some downtime, we had decided that we wouldn't do anything today. But I did go out in the morning to do some 'jobs' such as ... Read more >

The Venice of Provence

Sun, 3 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [165]

The name of the town where we're staying is L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue but it is also referred to as the 'Venice of Provence'. That's probably stretching things a bit - no gondolas for a start - but it is built on the islands created by five branches of the ... Read more >

My Dad and Musee International de la Chaussure

Sat, 2 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [237]

Well my Dad would be quite amused if he knew he was sharing this blog entry with a shoe museum! Dad passed away early this morning France time (mid-afternoon in Australia). Although not unexpected it was still, of course, a heartbreaking call to receive ... Read more >

Perouges and La Confluence

Fri, 1 Nov 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [242]

This morning we caught a train from Lyon to the town of Meximieux which takes 31 minutes to be precise and the French are certainly precise when it comes to their public transport schedules. We then walked to the village of Perouges which takes about ... Read more >

Silk Museum, Fourviere Basilica and Roman Ruins

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [254]

Bought a €5 daily travel ticket which includes travel on the buses, trains, trams and (bonus) funiculars in Lyon and we certainly got our money's worth throughout the day. Started with a train trip from Garibaldi Metro station which is only 600 ... Read more >

Road trip to Lyon

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [232]

Today we drove from Tours to Lyon which would be similar to driving from Albury to Sydney. According to Google it would take us 4 hours and 20 minutes if we used the tollways or 6 hours if we didn't. So we decided to do a bit of both as we wanted to ... Read more >

Four Chateaux in One Day - Part Two

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [176]

After lunch we had to meet our mini-bus at 1.15pm out the front of the Amboise Tourist Office. Karen, Lindee and I were all on time but the four girls were nowhere to be seen. Our driver was literally calling the office in Tours to get permission to ... Read more >

Four Chateaux in One Day - Part One

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [201]

Today we embarked on a mini-bus tour from Tours (pronounced 'tour') of four of the chateaux in the Loire Valley. There was me, Lindee, a woman from New Zealand called Karen and four young Asian women on the tour. As fellow Antipodeans Karen, Lindee and ... Read more >

Wandering around Tours

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 | By tracyfrance2013 | Views [135]

The weather forecast for today in this area had a bit of everything (like Melbourne weather - four seasons in one day) so we decided to spend the day exploring Tours and go on a mini-bus tour of a few chateaux tomorrow when it's predicted to be fine ... Read more >