France Travel Blogs

The Good The Bad and the Amazing
Oct 11, 2007 (50 photos)

When one travels, ones never imagines the unsightly scenes that lie ahead.  When one reads Frommer's or Fodor's travel guides it is rare to see pictures of the things that no one wants to see.  But of course these things, distasteful as they are ...

Back from Cannes
May 10, 2005 (20 photos)

We just returned from a weekend of bliss in Cannes, France...We arrived the week before the Cannes film Festival and people were just arriving and getting everything prepared for the big week. We rented a car in Nice at the airport and drove into Cannes, ...

Oops
Sep 16, 2008

Jacques has been a frequent visitor these days. Lonely and needing a shoulder to cry on, trying to come to terms with the prospect of going through life without his Bernadette. We do what we can, and that amounts to glass after glass of whatever ...

Credit Crunch
Oct 3, 2008 (2 photos)

... have to go. Worth a tidy sum yesterday, the price is plummeting as we speak. Let's just give it away. Then move to France (ok Johan, the advantages are becoming obvious), live off the land. Honestly, it's unbelievable what you just pick up by the ...

trompe l'oeil
Jun 26, 2008

Something funny happened tonight. The five of us had finally settled down for a game of Trivial Pursuit after a busy day of walking, eating, visiting, swimming, shopping, eating and eating and eating. It's been really hot lately, too hot for me, but the ...

timing
Jun 22, 2009 (3 photos)

La fête des feux de St-Jean is approaching - the 24th of June. Probably the biggest celebration of the region, save le 14 Julliet of course. I'm not sure but I think it is a blend of John the Baptist's birthday and midsummer night. A big bonfire is lit at ...

counter-attraction
May 7, 2008

The Intermarché, a supermarket in Hautefort - a lovely village just 5 minutes away from our hamlet - is one of my most frequented places. By now, most of the staff recognize me and grant me a bonne journee, except for the butcher. Now he really looks the ...

lovely luna
May 22, 2008

Since I saw the owl on my second night here, I go out, every night before bedtime, just in case I might see him. I have not seen him again. I hope I will before I return. I also need to see the stars and the moon. Each night they appear in a  ...

men with bags
Jun 8, 2009 (1 photos)

To my surprise nothing very eventful has been going on in Cledat. This is neither good or bad, just different. The days pass calmly, we work in the house and garden, we shop, prepare meals or go to restaurants. Swim, walk, read and play endless games of ...

August in the Alps
Aug 29, 2007 (57 photos)

... .    As well we chanced upon an international ski jump event in Courcheval.  Very alpine; very impressive.  While France and Poland vied for the title, Canada was sadly second to last.  Still we cheered them on and enjoyed the ...

I wish
Oct 11, 2008

Yesterday we visited my castle, the fortress of Hautefort. The inside was as impressive as you would expect. The galleries, halls, chambers and vaults. The floors, ceilings, fireplaces, doors. The paneling. I'm no good at describing those things, but it ...

Paris - The most beautiful city on earth!
Dec 9, 2005 (21 photos)

... visit Paris again soon. Two weeks before the date of departure, there was a terrifying news about the riots taken place in France. I was worried and scared since the news. I thought of to cancel the trip because of safety reasons, but my trip companion ...

tricky things, dreams
May 14, 2008 (2 photos)

You might dream of a place in France. And being tucked away in this idyllic little cottage may seem like a cosy set-up, believe me, it has it's drawbacks. Like my spouse suddenly becoming clingy. He looks positively hurt when I try to slip out of the ...

mocking birds
Jun 3, 2009 (5 photos)

Saturday morning it was decided on the spur of the moment to escape the heat and go camping on the banks of the river Dordogne. Caught up in a surge of urgency we threw everything and anything that seemed useful in the direction of the car. Including the ...

passions
May 13, 2008 (4 photos)

... or even that his efforts may be noticed. He likes to please. What more could one want? I want him to share my passion. France. I want to live here permanently. He wont leave Amsterdam - and that's the long and short of it. We have a problem. For ...

Christmas in Paris
Dec 16, 2004 (10 photos)

... newspaper and am in the process of creating a new web site for my Paris portfolio. It has been a great first four months in France. We have had some family and friends come to visit us and plan on having more next year. Our friend Jeremy Smith, is here ...

fred
May 18, 2008

I have a thing for older men -  my  first love was very much my senior. Exciting, experienced, protective.  A dirty old man, I'd say now. But my fumbling contemporaries lost their shine forever. Unfortunately, at some point, the men stop ...

vive la france
May 9, 2008 (4 photos)

Yesterday I woke up with a start. For some reason or other the shops were only open for a couple of hours, so I'd better get a move on. No time to wash, I grabbed some clothes off the floor, found the car keys and bumped into my lower neighbor on my ...

moules frites
Oct 6, 2008

... of months ago I told you about the St. Rabier paëlla night and it's embarrassing end. There are many of such events in rural France, as the villages have little or no theatres, cinemas, discos, music halls and what have you. So these gatherings are a ...

timing again
Jun 29, 2009

... that was deemed necessary to address an audience of maybe 50 or 60. The dancing was in full swing and no mistaking, this was France. On the wooden boards, laid out in front of the stage-van, I watched something you might see in a film and think it was ...

night owl
May 7, 2008

just quickly - can't believe what I just saw. On an impulse I stepped out of the house before going to bed, and all the stars were out. It was cloudy before, but now.....I just can't describe the impact, infinitely beautiful. A great white bird circled ...

cheers
Jun 3, 2008

A friend's birthday came and went without my realizing. I'm not big on birthdays - if anything I think it's the one who gave birth that should be honored. But it's an occasion, an opportunity to let someone know he or she is special to you. Well, ...

Snow in Paris
Mar 4, 2005 (16 photos)

Bonjour It has been snowing in Paris for the last week and a half. But today it is sunny which is so nice. I have been on my break from school for a week now...it is just what i needed from my busy school and work schedule. I've been sleeping in til ...

Paris.
Sep 3, 2008 (3 photos)

Paris.

sweet starry night
Oct 9, 2008 (1 photos)

I've been watching  the stars tonight. Staring and staring - I couldn't get enough of them, I wanted to drink them in, to hold them  and keep them - mine! The moon so clear-cut and bright, for a moment I thought I could reach out and touch ...

Camping, Broken Noses and Frisbee
Jun 14, 2007 (9 photos)

After the havoc of yesterday, we were both ready to get down to Hossegor and set up camp for a few days. We took the long way along the coast through a number of small towns, all with there own camping grounds, some really nice places but most of them not ...

Saving a dog near Vox Bacow
Jul 10, 2007 (5 photos)

Thursday 28th June - Friday 6th July We have returned to Hossegor for two reasons. Firstly for the simple fact that we liked it the first time around, and secondly because the swell charts forcast a solid swell to hit in a couple of days. Our first few ...

Map Pin Update
Jul 27, 2007

Nantes pin update

quick question
Aug 16, 2005

Hello everyone! Well, I said goodbye to Strasbourg and have returned for a last night in Paris. I don't really have much to say; in fact, the reason for this email is because someone sent me an email response to my last travelpod that went to my junk ...

What do Joan of Arc and Monet have in common?
Aug 27, 2007 (58 photos)

Hi everybody! We decided to take a short break in France and revisit a town we had only briefly stopped in before - Rouen.  We had been to Rouen in route to/from somwhere else and had thought it would be worth another visit, but had not gotten back there ...