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Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By hannah_white | Views [1919]
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Tue, 8 Mar 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [573]
Yesterday I was in Nice in the heart of the French Riviera. It's not high season, but the city still has a holiday vibe. The daily market is lovely, and on Mondays it becomes an antique market for the area. I looked around, spokes some french, and made ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Mar 2011 | By hellas | Views [441]
Paris is an aristocratic woman. I've been in Paris two time: the first, when I was only a child, I fell in love with Van Gogh's paintings at D'Orsay Museum. Now I'm a paintress and He's still in my blood. However, visiting Paris last year, I started ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Mar 2011 | By joyful_jo | Views [613] | Comments [1]
We are in this lovely place in Tamil Nadu where many thousands of pilgrims come to walk around the mountain ( old volcanic plug) on the full moon. The place is full of Ramana Maharshi devotees, wearing white and generally very peaceful.There are also ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Mar 2011 | By joyful_jo | Views [524]
We were planning to begin our adventures in Tamil Nadu with a quick visit to Mamalapuram to catch up with a friend and see the ocean and the World Heritage 6th century stone sculptures. However we should have been warned by the fact that our friend ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 | By anita | Views [1017]
It’s been two months since our return from the U.S.
but there has been little noteworthy enough to, as the expression goes, “write
home about.” Unremarkable days turn into
unremarkable weeks, and two months later, here I am reporting on our current
plumbing ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, france, going crazy?, inept, plumbing, shower, survival
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [838]
I can't say enough about my experiences in France thus far. First of all, Paris captured my attention and admiration from the beginning. Christelle and I stayed with friends of hers in the city, with a view of the Eiffel Tower (if you leaned out the window).... Read more >
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 | By theglobetrottingtexan | Views [898]
P aris is known to be one of the most expensive cities in Europe. If you’re not well-informed, it surely is: my budgeting skills have been beaten by Paris before, and almost once again this last week (which is why I was gone from the blogosphere, briefly) ... Read more >
Tags: budget, capital, cheap, france, free, french, paris, travel, trip, velib
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 | By acuarimantima | Views [264]
Dover-Calais
23 December 2007
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My
trip had just started and I was so excited I had my camera in my hands -programmed
in automatic, of course, ready for the perfect shot. Because of the thick fog I
couldn't ... Read more >
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 | By bettedarling | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By theglobetrottingtexan | Views [2542]
If I must be informative and put forward unbiased information, I should simply say that pastis is an anise-flavored liqueur, consumed mainly in France, particularly in the south: this is why one can call Marseille the Pastis Capital of the ... Read more >
Tags: absinthe, alcohol, france, marseille, marseille, olympique, om, pastis, provence, travel
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 | By robertpeberday | Views [250]
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By joyful_jo | Views [645]
Rigon Thupten monastery in Orissa is stunningly beautiful. It is three hours from the nearest train station, along terrible roads, up into the Eastern Ghats, past hot springs and through the 'jungle'. Despite the difficult journey to reach the Tibetan ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By joyful_jo | Views [394]
I am writing from our 2AC carriage ( two comfy bunks with sheets, blanket and a pillow provided) on the Bhubaneshwar Express, heading east towards the Orissan coast. The journey is scheduled to take 17 hours (only two hours late so far) and could ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 | By joyful_jo | Views [504]
Sponsoring a child in India is a totally humbling experience. For 7000 rupees, about 120€, it is possible to pay school fees and a uniform for a village child for a year. This Sunday morning we walked with Dr Jain through the fields of newly planted ... Read more >
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