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Sat, 26 Mar 2011 | By mike_and_johannan | Views [196]
A Champagne Adventure
Every
year thousands of tourists flock to Épernay, 25 kilometres south of
Reims in northern France, to visit the great champagne houses
gathered along the avenue de Champagne. We visited the Moët et
Chandon ... Read more >
Tags: wine!
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [524]
Gascony is Brilliant. I am in Armagnac country with my last HelpX hosts, who are fantastic. Apparently this is one of the least populated areas in France, and it is beautiful. There are rolling winter wheat fields, Armagnac chateaux, and Vines everywhere.... Read more >
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By serendipitioustraveler | Views [575] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
On June 6, 1944, my grandfather was one of 160,000 Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Although Gramps was the most influential person in my life, I know very little about his experience there. He only spoke to me about it on one occasion;... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By james74 | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 22 Mar 2011 | By wannabevagabond | Views [367]
“Happy New Years sweetie,” I whispered, my body rocking back and forth as the train chugged up the Swiss Alps. Sean sat up, alarmed. “It’s not me who’s farting!” “What?” I laughed, confused. “It must be him,” explained Sean, pointing below him to ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [666] | Comments [1]
My last night in Aix I was treated to a wonderful meal with Christelle and Didier at his parents home. We had a wonderful meal with roasted meat, charcuterie, wine, Champagne, cheese, pasta, conversation and delightful desserts. I was glowing from wonderful ... Read more >
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By hannah_white | Views [1859]
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Tue, 8 Mar 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [536]
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 [416]
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 [566] | 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 [493]
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 [977]
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 [789]
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 [810]
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 [243]
Dover-Calais
23 December 2007
18:34
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 >
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