It’s been a long-held ambition of ours to do a canal boat cruise in Europe, preferably in France. Recently, we bit the bullet, burnt our bridges and booked the boat. In late September, we set off for France, and the Locaboat depot. We traveled via Bordeaux and the Gironde region, a beautiful wine-growing region full [...]
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A Trip on the Canal du Midi
Posted in France, Travel, tagged Canal Boating, Canal du Midi, Carcassonne on April 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
France in the Frame
Posted in Art and Photography, France, Travel, tagged France-The French Way, Group Tours, John Reese, Renoir on March 19, 2013 | 1 Comment »
French travel specialist John Reese has invested two decades in changing the way Kiwis feel about France, he tells Cameron Williamson of the Dominion Post Wellington (NZ) To sit in the garden of Renoir’s house, sketching 1000 year old olive trees and hearing the stories of the land, is John Reese’s kind of travel. Twenty [...]
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 [...]
A New President
Posted in France, Travel, tagged Francois Hollande, French Elections, Nicholas Sarkozy on May 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
It’s been quite a weekend for Europe. A new president for France, and electoral upheaval in Greece, adding to the risks of an unsettled Euro zone. But for Francois Hollande things couldn’t be better. A man who would be equally comfortable living as a butcher in a rural French village, has now ascended to the [...]
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 | 29 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 [...]
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