I have been brought up in New Zealand. Here we speak two languages – English and Gobbledygook. New Zealand is situated on the other side of the world, far from most of the world’s population so really only needs these two languages! We have enough problems hanging on to the bottom of the globe, without […]
Posts Tagged ‘Paris’
Formula for Learning Languages
Posted in France, Travel, tagged Alliance Francaise, France Langue, French lessons, learning a language, learning French, Paris on November 26, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Life in 24 Frames Per Second (Part 1 of 2)
Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged Arc de Triomphe, Brittany, Cinema, film-making, Images, Impressionism, Louis Lumiere Film School, Notre Dame, Paris, Sarah Reese, Spice Girls, Travelling with children 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, […]
Flying by Train!
Posted in France, Holiday, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Eurostar, Paris, SNCF, TGV, Train tickets on October 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Travel by fast train around Europe has revolutionized travel. Now it is nearly as fast to travel from central Paris to the south of France, as it is by travelling by air, and it is certainly much faster by train than air between London and Paris. With trains there is no need for airport transfers from the […]
Dinan – our very own Dreamland
Posted in Brittany, France, French cuisine, Medieval townships, Tourism, Travel, tagged Breton cuisine, Brittany, Christopher Nolan, Creperie des Artisans, Dinan, Dreams, Fete des Ramparts, France, French cuisine, French Holiday, Imagination, Inception, Medieval towns, Paris, Rance River, Rennes, Saint Malo, Travel, Traveling with children on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Christopher Nolan’s much-awaited, mind-bending blockbuster Inception sucked me into a dreamland far, far away. In the back of the Rennes movie theatre I was transported back to Paris, but not the Paris we know – a Paris where the streets could effortlessly fold on top of each other, where enormous fireless explosions popped up around […]
The Lost Children of Paris
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Paris on August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As we walk around Paris we can learn something more at every step we take. This plaque appears on the school next door to the Eglise St Severin on rue St Jacques. Nothing more needs to be said. To the memory of the children, pupils of this school, deported from 1942 to 1944 because they […]
Paris and The Beach
Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged France, Paris, Paris Plage, Seine River, Summer Holidays, Traveling with children on August 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Golden sandy beaches, palm trees swaying in the summer breeze, little giggling children running around in their bathers, pina coladas on ice with petite paper umbrellas… so where in the world is Carmen Santiago you may ask? Paris. Duh! For the month of August, the banks of the Seine River temporarily transform into the world […]
We will Remember Them.
Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged Liberation of Paris, Paris on August 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Another building, another photo?? Travelers to Paris wander the streets with their cameras at the ready, taking photographs of the magnificent buildings and structures that envelope them. It’s hard not to become mesmerised by the sheer beauty in front of you. A friend of mine once said to me “the more one travels to Paris, […]
Beggars – to Give or Not to Give?
Posted in France, Holiday, Travel, tagged Beggars, Paris, Venice on August 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
You are walking down a street in Paris and there is a man kneeling on the footpath holding a sign that says “J’ai Faim!” (I’m hungry?). What do you do? Put some money into his cup, give him some food, or look the other way to avoid making eye contact? This is a regular event […]
Music Mayhem in France!
Posted in News, Paris, Travel, tagged French Holiday, Paris, Travel on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Get your diary out and mark in this date – 21 June! This is the day every year when France celebrates music of any kind, from the north to the south, the west to the east. For the “Fete de la Musique” every year on this day France celebrates Music. I’ve been lucky enough to […]
Vivaldi for my 50th Birthday!
Posted in Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged France, French Holiday, Paris on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What am I going to do for my 50th birthday? Hide, throw a big party, enrol for a membership at the gym? All of these?? After much deliberation I chose to take my family to Paris in July for my big birthday. I decided against the big party – sorry to my friends! I didn’t […]
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