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Rugby World Cup 2012 – in France

Posted in France, Holiday, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on October 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »

The Rugby World Cup mounts to its ultimate crescendo and conclusion. New Zealand to face France in the final match of the Rugby World Cup in Auckland. I am writing this from Christchurch, where despite this city losing the ability to host their World Cup matches, has still been able to get in to the […]

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Change of Travel Plans!

Posted in Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , , on May 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »

You’ve planned this great holiday through Egypt and Tunisia. Then the news headlines come “Riots in the Streets of Cairo”. What on earth do you do? Do you go on your planned trip? So you change your plan and you organise a cruise through Scandanavia starting in Oslo. Your bags are packed and then you […]

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April in Paris

Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 28, 2011 | 13 Comments »

In the front row of my small school jazz band, I tapped my foot to the beats of Vernon Duke’s timeless jazz standard April in Paris . I thought of all the musical greats who had done the same thing over time; Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra, to name but a few. So […]

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France – Was I a Frenchman in another life?

Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2011 | 28 Comments »

For the last twenty years, France has been my life, both personally and in my business. How did this happen to a young lad living on the other side of the world in New Zealand? My father died nearly thirty years ago at a relatively young age. I adored my father. I had heard through […]

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Christmas in France

Posted in France, Holiday, Travel, tagged , on December 16, 2010 | 16 Comments »

How many of you spend Christmas in a different place away from home? My family has always had ours in Christchurch (NZ), moving from our own home to the homes of our siblings. A few years ago my family travelled to France for several months, so that we could experience a northern hemisphere winter.  I […]

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Global Warming France

Posted in France, Holiday, News, Paris, Travel, tagged , , , on December 2, 2010 | 12 Comments »

What: You are invited for a Drinks Party, 18 May 2070 at 17h00. Where: Alibar Bar on the banks of the Seine River, Paris Dress: optional Refreshments and Hors d’Oeuvres served  Anyway it’s now December 2010, and it’s snowing outside in Paris, and it’s as cold as a Nun’s kiss!  I’ve just been reading this […]

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Stop – It’s Time for a Lunch Break!

Posted in France, Holiday, Travel, tagged , , , , , , on November 19, 2010 | 15 Comments »

I’m fairly easily pleased when it comes to many things. But for me one of my greatest joys is a leisurely lunch with a glass of wine! I’ve just come across a blog article by Ben from Adventures with Ben, who recounts the time that he visited Zimbabwe and had the best Chicken Sandwich he […]

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Shop Window Surprise – Provence

Posted in France, French cuisine, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , on November 12, 2010 | 19 Comments »

Don’t visit this town, there is nothing much to see! This is what I often read in travel guide books when I look up “Carpentras”, located in Provence in the south of France. Carpentras is a town 35 minutes’ drive to the north east of Avignon. It has an enormous market on Friday morning which […]

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Life in 24 Frames Per Second (Part 2 of 2)

Posted in France, Holiday, News, Paris, Travel, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2010 | 12 Comments »

You may have read Sarah’s Part 1of 2 of “Life in 24 Frames per Second”. Here is Part 2. This article culminates in a trailer of her documentary “Making Of”. Watch her film trailer and be inspired. This may well be a story about you – the making of you! A young girl falling in love […]

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Life in 24 Frames Per Second (Part 1 of 2)

Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Article and photographs by my daughter Sarah Reese. Sarah has been living in Paris pursuing a career in film. In the second part of this article she will share a trailer of her film “Making Of” which follows the lives of a group of young film-makers in Paris. If you are not “subscribed” to this blog, […]

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