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Mon, 8 Nov 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [876]
Up
and on the road by 9.30 with the computer telling us it was only 4
degrees celcius – yeah right – yes right! It was bloody freezing
out there. By the time we got to the centre it had also started to
rain, any colder and ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Photo Gallery
Dijon
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Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Views [451]
It took us 6.5 hrs (by train) to head back north to Dijon (Burgundy region). My first impression of Dijon wasn’t good as I exited the train station. Construction left, right and centre. However as I got to the city centre (10 minutes walking distance ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Photo Gallery
Nice
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Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Views [353]
About 2.5 hrs (by train) east of Aix is the coastal city of Nice. It’s a tacky city with its heavily made-up ‘historical’ buildings. Their ‘old’ city cannot compare to the towns of Sarlat nor Carcassonne. Its hub seems to be the many clusters of restaurants ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Photo Gallery
Aix-en-Provence
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Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By romina | Views [367]
Just 1-hr by train southeast of Avignon is the town of Aix (pronounced ‘X’). It is another beautiful town with a maze of cobblestone alleyways lined with expensive stores and restaurants. Certain bars/restaurants justify the sky-high prices just because ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Nov 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [824]
After
talking until 2am with Nazih we were up at 8 and getting ready to head into
Paris to the Louvre museum. We had been briefed by Nazih on how to
negotiate the bus, suburban train and metro system and had no
problems ... Read more >
Sat, 6 Nov 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [932]
This morning we were up and organised for the 9am start only to find that
there was some sort of strike meeting on at the palace and opening
was delayed until about 10.30am. Kent is off his leg at the moment
and has to get ... Read more >
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [902]
4/11
– We spent a dreary morning in the city of Tours finding the
Tourism Office (huge but right in the centre) then finding a park
(used a handicapped one in the end) and finding out info about the
area. Got some supplies ... Read more >
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 | By joyful_jo | Views [495]
We booked this room weeks ago by email because I remembered that the retreat rooms at the red Drikung Monastery in Tso Pema were in demand. Tashi Dolma, the Rinpoche's wife offered the slightly more expensive one with wooden floor and I liked the ... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1135]
30/10
Rained all night, it's quite nice sleeping in a nice cosy spot with
it on the roof, but cleared in the morning. Long straight roads
today, fairly boring, on the southwest of France to Bordeaux but no
views of the coast.... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By joyful_jo | Views [580] | Comments [1]
We are up in the magical foothills of the Himalaya where we came in search of the Rigden Kings. Above the river valley in Kullu lies the Shambhala Art School run by Noedup Rongae who is painting a thangka of the Rigden Lineage, central tothe SHambhala ... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By joyful_jo | Views [424]
We had three sweltering days in the heavy pollution and raw humanity of Delhi. We bought some bright kurtas, ate South Indian dosas, made some new friends, got a new pair of prescription spectcals (Indian spelling) and calmly meditated in the Buddhist ... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By joyful_jo | Views [481] | Comments [1]
Snow in the mountains: we escaped sweaty Delhi on a 14 hour bus journey which was hair raising- first eight hours on the plains with blaring Bollywood on the video and crazy scenes out the window- dogs , cows and more traffic than I could imagine possible.... Read more >
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