Destination: France

Photos: Van Gogh (Auvers) and Claude Monet (Giverney)

Mon, 16 May 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Photo Gallery

Photos: Paris

Mon, 16 May 2011 | By jimboandjanet | Photo Gallery

Paris and Switzerland

Mon, 16 May 2011 | By hanw | Views [489] | Comments [1]

Hey guys! I’m now on the bus travelling from France to Switzerland. We spent an amazing two nights and one day in Paris!  I packed everything up and said my sad “cya laters” to my gorgeous friends at the pub. Ali and I stayed at a hostel in Kings ... Read more >

Bring me a burqa - I miss being covered!

Tue, 10 May 2011 | By ladyc | Views [375]

I know. I can scarcely believe it myself. Today was a landmark day. No, not because it was the first day of my new job but because it’s the first time in 12 months I have worn a skirt above the ankles, in fact, it’s the first time my legs have seen ... Read more >

Tags: naked!

Photos: Nice

Sun, 8 May 2011 | By mccartgemm | Photo Gallery

Once upon a time in a land far far away there was a train traveller

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 | By matt_whitmell | Views [1807] | Comments [2]

ok I need to work on this theme some more. The final leg of my adventure was to travel by train around a Europe.   The land of fairytales shouldn’t come as a surprise as it was here that castles surrounded by moats, churches with robed ... Read more >

Grenada to New York

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 | By hullabaloo | Views [797]

Hello but not from Hullabaloo this time because we are in a terminal at LA airport where we have a few hours to wait for our flight back to Australia.  Yes we changed our plans again!  Rather than leaving Hullabaloo in Panama we decided it would be better ... Read more >

Photos: Picnics & Cemeteries

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Picnics & Cemeteries

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 | By drmitch | Views [1085]

Saturday was finally a sunny day! I headed out early to the Arc du Triomph where I was nerdy enough to be first in line to climb to the top, which afforded me with some great photos of a deserted lookout point before the crowds arrived. Beautiful ... Read more >

Tags: cimitere du pere-lachaise, eiffel tower, latin quarter, paris, sacre couer basilica

Photos: Five nights in Paris

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Photos: La Plagne 10/11

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 | By hannah_white | Photo Gallery

Learning to snow board

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 | By hannah_white | Views [709]

Hello again, This year I was supposed to be learning to snowboard........ I hired a board and boots, stood in the flat trying to work out how to put the thing on, tried to work out how to do the boots up and then didn’t touch ... Read more >

Five nights in Paris

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 | By drmitch | Views [744]

Over a year in the UK already and with my 2-year visa rapidly running out I decided it was time to stop taking short trips and go the whole hog. So here it is: the start of my European adventure: a 3-4 month (or until my money runs out) trip. I ... Read more >

Tags: eiffel tower, louvre, notre dame, paris, pont neuf, st michels square, versailles, walking tour

Photos: Paris

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By amywashere | Photo Gallery

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - My Big Adventure

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 | By amywashere | Views [328] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

A Parisian Adventure      I had enjoyed my brief stay in Paris, really not much more than an extended layover on my way home from Africa, but there was still one more thing I had to do. I couldn’t leave without seeing the Paris landscape from ... Read more >