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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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Escorted Tours 2012 – France and Portugal

Posted in France, Portugal, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For nearly twenty years my job has enabled me to regularly escort groups through France and Europe. It is at this time of the year when I love planning where I am going to take people on tour for the following year. For the year 2012 I have chosen to revisit some of my favourite [...]

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Auvers sur Oise – Dining with Vincent Van Gogh

Posted in Art and Photography, France, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , on October 10, 2011 | 36 Comments »

On that starry, starry night, You took your life, as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you. Don McLean’s hit song “Vincent” captured for us the agony suffered by Vincent Van Gogh as he tried to live his life. I have [...]

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Carcassonne – I was there in the year 1209.

Posted in France, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , on October 4, 2011 | 32 Comments »

No one will believe what I am about to write. When I set off from my hotel (www.lemontmorency.com/content/) beneath the fortified town of Carcassonne I was planning on a gentle stroll through the cobbled streets before having a cooling beer and quiet dinner at the end of a long day entertaining clients on my current [...]

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Neighbors at War: the joys of Paris apartment living

Posted in France, Paris, Travel, tagged , on August 30, 2011 | 29 Comments »

Sarah Reese shares the joys and surprises of living in Paris. “You’re walking too loudly,” my fiery Spanish downstairs neighbor roared at me and my flatmate. “I’m going mad here,” she continued, “I can’t sleep, I can’t work, I’ve even looked into renting another apartment because you both WALK too LOUDLY!” Smoke billowed out of [...]

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Portugal Photo Paradise

Posted in Portugal, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , on August 24, 2011 | 19 Comments »

To entertain you I’d like to share with you some of my favourite photos of Portugal following my recent escorted tour through that country. The most outstanding thing for me with this country was the warmth of the Portugese people and some of the most astoundingly beautiful countryside.                 [...]

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Lisbon – Arrival in Portugal

Posted in Portugal, Travel, tagged , , , , , on August 16, 2011 | 29 Comments »

Portugal has been featuring regularly in the world media at present. Will there be another financial bailout for this country, as it struggles to survive financially? This is the scene that was set for me as I chose at the last minute to lead an escorted tour through Portugal. (Read about why I chose Portugal [...]

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Summer in Europe

Posted in France, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , on August 8, 2011 | 13 Comments »

How many hours do you have in a day? Never enough! Over the last two months I have been escorting tour groups through Portugal and France. Every minute of each day I have been moved by beautiful views, interesting people, and offered the chance to share with other people my knowledge of history and life [...]

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Faites de la Musique!

Posted in France, News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »

This year’s Fête de la Musique  has dawned upon us once again.  Each year on June 21 over one hundred countries in the northern hemisphere band together in one big fat musical fiesta to celebrate the beginning of summer. Born in 1976 in France, La Fête de la Musique has become a true highlight on [...]

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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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