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Confusing the Holiday Seasons?

Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , on January 11, 2011 | 19 Comments »

It’s 6pm in the afternoon. A warm summer afternoon. My favourite time! I’m sitting on a fine golden sand beach. I’m wearing swimming togs and a smile, with my wife. The sun is still high in the sky as we look across the bay from Tata Beach, in Golden Bay to the north of the […]

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Cancale – The World is Your Oyster

Posted in Brittany, France, French cuisine, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny. Pistol: Why then the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. Falstaff: Not a penny. This famous quote from William Shakespeare’s celebrated The Merry Wives of Windsor ran through my mind a few weeks ago when I travelled to the idyllic seaside village of Cancale […]

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Paris and The Beach

Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged , , , , , 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 […]

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Walking in the Shadows!

Posted in Holiday, Travel, tagged , , , , on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It was 38 degrees in the shade as we walked through the centre of town. The main street was almost empty as people chose to walk down side streets that offered shade from the searing summer sun. In fact wherever you walk you are looking for shade where you can escape from the intense heat […]

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