“Could I please have the menu.” I asked “Ya prosto poydu za toboy.” replied the waiter in the restaurant. “I’d like to order this dish here please” “No vam eto ne ponravitsya, yego morozhenoye” he replied. I think we’ve all been in the situation where we are in a foreign country and we struggle to […]
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Learning a Language by Skype
Posted in Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged learning a language, VerbalPlanet on April 4, 2018 | 1 Comment »
Travelling with Children?
Posted in France, Holiday, Travel, tagged France, Traveling with children on August 5, 2016 | 1 Comment »
I’ve calculated that since my children started travelling with my wife and I, we as a family have travelled nearly 5 million kilometres. That’s a lot of airline meals, and a lot of experiences! There are three things that I particularly like about travelling with your kids: Giving your children the opportunity to travel as […]
Shakespeare in Paris
Posted in Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Scott Fitzgerald, Shakespeare and Co., Shakespeare and Company Book Shop on November 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
To be lost in a world of words can be as exciting as a visit to the Louvre. To be lost in a world of books, is the experience of visiting the Shakespeare & Co Bookshop in Paris. All tourists make a visit to Notre Dame Cathedral during their time in Paris. But unbeknown to […]
Christmas 2011 – Joyeux Noel
Posted in Holiday, Tourism, Travel on December 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Another year has gone by. The tree is decorated and the ham is being glazed as we speak! I’d like to take this opportunity of thanking you for so loyally following my travel blog through 2011. I have loved the opportunity of sharing once a week with you my stories and experiences of travelling […]
The Louvre – Forbidden Love
Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, Atala, Chactas, Louvre on December 12, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Lessons from the Louvre – Part 3 This is the third part of my series on paintings in the Louvre. This is my attempt to cure those suffering from MLS syndrome, and opening your eyes to art highlights other than the Mona Lisa! Over the next month there will be weekly articles on my highlights, […]
The Louvre – Kim Kardashian creates havoc?
Posted in Art and Photography, France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Henri IV, L'Apotheose d'Henri IV, Louis X111, Louvre, Marie de Medici, Mona Lisa, Paul Rubens, Richelieu on December 7, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Lessons from the Louvre – Part 2: This is the second part of my series on paintings in the Louvre. This is my attempt to cure those suffering from MLS syndrome, and opening your eyes to art highlights other than the Mona Lisa! Over the next month there will be weekly articles on my highlights, […]
The Louvre – do you suffer from MLS?
Posted in Art and Photography, Holiday, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, Ravenna, Scrovigni Chapel, The Last Supper on November 29, 2011 | 19 Comments »
The Louvre would be one of the most recognisable brands in the world – there would be few people who would not know what the Louvre was, and where it is? There are nearly nine million people per year who visit, which is 30,000 people per day on average, going there to look at some […]
Isle sur la Sorgue – Market in Provence
Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Avignon, Carpentras, House Rentals, Isle sur la Sorgue, Le Jardin du Quai, Le Vivier, Markets on November 10, 2011 | 30 Comments »
Sunday morning and it’s market day in L’Isle sur la Sorgue, and you will soon see why so many people travel here ! Isle sur la Sorgue is situated 30 minutes to the east of Avignon (Provence), just at the entrance to the Luberon Valley. It is essentially, as its name suggests, an island on the […]
Toussaint – Don’t get the flowers wrong!
Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged All Saints Day, All Souls Day, chrysanthemums, toussaint on October 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Within the next few days no-one can avoid the 1st November. In France this day is known as La Toussaint (All Saints Day), a day when one celebrates the lives of all the saints. Equally important as 1 November is the 2 November, which is known as the Fete des Morts (Festival of the Dead). […]
Hitler’s morning off in Paris.
Posted in France, Holiday, News, Paris, Travel, tagged Albert Speer, Arc de Triomphe, Charles Mangin, Edith Cavell, Eiffel Tower, Hans Spiedel, Hitler, Opera House Garnier, Palais de Chaillot, Paris occupation, Place de la Concorde, Richard Maddox on October 26, 2011 | 22 Comments »
It is early morning on 23rd June 1940. Paris has been occupied for over a week. An armistice was signed in the same railway carriage, at the same spot in the Forest of Compiègne where Foch had imposed terms on the German delegation in 1918. At Le Bourget the light catches a military transport aircraft […]
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