Nantes, France Travel Blogs

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Jul 27, 2007

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Nantes and Trentemoult, Brittany in the Loire
Nov 3, 2007 (49 photos)

... away on the TGV, it is close to the Atlantic coast, situated on three rivers, the most important being the Loire. France considers Nantes to be part of the Department of the Loire, and it is advertised to tourists as part of the Loire-Atlantic region ( ...

Nantes (Arrival)
Sep 6, 2006 (3 photos)

... JPII, photo (i) Benedict XVI, photo (j) Christian cartoon/drawing. According to Mme Bodet, although faith is becoming less and less in France, people in the west still go to church. She invited me to go with the two oldest kids, Louis-Marie and Marie- ...

Rain, rain, stop ruining our 2 hr walking tour
Sep 18, 2006 (5 photos)

... supermarket - they pride themselves on going personally to the marketplace and picking out the best of the produce/cheese/meat/etc. or to the boulangerie and getting fresh baguettes each day). Nantes is beautiful, but the weather here is definitely

Things I miss about Texas/the U.S.A.
Oct 10, 2006

... and take away in to-go cups like at Starbucks But lest it sound like I hate everything, here are some things I like about France 1. Wine that always tastes good, even the cheap stuff 2. Being able to sit at a restaurant or cafe and take your time and ...

Thanksgiving French-style
Nov 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... (and they did incorporate the cranberries, but they were on top of the mashed potatoes - cranberries are not big in France), and a dessert of pumpkin pie (made from actual pumpkins) and apple pie, all accompanied by red wine and followed by espresso. It ...

Funny French things
Sep 13, 2006

... shuts down at night - stores that stay open past 7-7:30 are rare, and 24 hour stores are unheard-of. - We're lucky - in France, gas is about $1.50 per LITRE (that's about 5-6 per gallon) - You say "bonjour" to someone the first time you see them in a ...

FC Nantes-Atlantique vs. Olympique-Marseilles
Sep 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... a great time and got very into supporting our adopted city. One of the funniest parts was the group of three guys painted in Nantes colors carrying drums who would walk around in front of the Nantes fans leading them in chants, and since we were the only ...

River Loire - Cities, Chateauxs and Gardens
Jun 28, 2005

... gather in the square Festival, St Avertin, near the campsite Fun evening, late on the dance floor A busy Sunday in France ?!?!? 26 June, Sunday Start point: Tours (St Avertin) End point: Blois (Bracieux) Via: South bank of the ...

Sunny Skies and Castles
Apr 24, 2008 (9 photos)

Aaarrghhhh another nite in a youth hostel with people who don't know the meaning of quiet.  Okay I get back just before midnight as the trams were very infrequent so I walked most of the way back taking almost an hour and I am cold.  There is a ...

Classes
Sep 21, 2006

... should be good. Tomorrow, which is of course my 21st birthday, I'm taking the train to Paris to celebrate with Alec, and coming back in time for a soccer match IES got us tickets to Saturday night between Nantes-Atlantique and Marseilles...should be fun.

Grand départ !!!
Jan 6, 2005

Et bien voilà c'est juste pour que le shéma se fasse automatiquement sur la carte ! Départ de Roissy en Ce jeudi 6 janvier 2005 pour aller étudier aux HEC Montréal (ça se dit comme ça, je ne fais pas de faute !)

30000 Leagues from Australia?
Jan 6, 2005

... had caught from Milan days earlier, describing their dissapointment at the realisation of the poor standards of Italian rail. Arriving in Nantes we walked over to our hotel which is about 500m from the station, but our room is only separated from the ...

A tous ceux qui vont me manquer!!
Apr 6, 2007 (14 photos)

Here are people I will miss much for this travelling time. Sure more people are in my mind but I don't have their photo!

The leaving due!!
Apr 26, 2007 (10 photos)

Hi there! Just to mention the milestone: the leaving due: a bigger psycho step than the backpack setting! :)) I've done it therefore I can set off! :) Salut Juste pour faire part d'un fait important, la fête de départ est au compteur. Si si, c'est important ...

Nantes, France
Sep 4, 2006 (4 photos)

... grass and read until someone came and told us that we were not aloud to sit in the grass so then we sat on a bench until we could get into our hostel at 5pm. The next day we were happy to leave. Our third stop in France and we can´t wait to get to Spain.

Nantes - England v Samoa
Sep 22, 2007 (5 photos)

A much better game - after we missed the embarrassing ENG v SA pool clash, we went to the ENG v Samoa game. Prepared for the worst after the display against South Africa, we were pleasantly surprised to see that yes, the English team do know how to play. ...

Mon voyage libre
Apr 6, 2008

... I just felt like I need to write a quick note about my weekend. On Saturday, I took a train at 830 (bright and early) to Nantes to visit a friend from PLU. This is the first time we have seen each other all semester. It is a little sad because we are ...

Weekend in Nantes
Oct 21, 2006 (2 photos)

... we know better how to use the flashes on our cameras), go shopping, visit the market, and do other fun stuff around Nantes. The weather report predicted a storm, but it was beautiful and clear when I left the house, so I was optimistic. Unfortunately, ...

Le Muscadet!!
Oct 13, 2008 (9 photos)

Bonjour tout le monde!!! Je suis retourne a l'endroit ou j'avais fait les vendanges en 1992... Evidemment, j'y ai revu quelques amis de l'epoque. Ce fut fort plaisant et le Muscadet est toujours aussi bon et surtout facile a deguster a l'apero comme ...

return to start
Feb 10, 2009 (3 photos)

Nach fast einem monat wieder hier, frisch aus nantes. Bin also von frankreich nach paris, von dort ab in die alpen um eine Woche schie zu fahren. Eigtl; war der plan fuer aurelie und mich, am 18. nach london, am 19. nach calcutta zu fliegen. Allerdings ...

1er mai 2006 : Fête du Travail en Europe
May 2, 2006 (3 photos)

Journée de la Fête du Travail aujourd'hui, férié et très calme (aucun transport en commun, presque aucun commerce ouvert). On se lève tard tous les cinq, puis on va voir Stéphane Guillon au Festival ; acide et original, plutôt décousu, l'homme réussit à nous ...

9 avril 2006 : Points de repère
Apr 10, 2006 (7 photos)

... fait encore clair dehors. Demain, le grand jour ! Ou du moins, l'un des grands jours... 10 OBSERVATIONS SUR LA FRANCE (suite) : 5- Gros boutons, p'tits boutons, chaînes, tirer, pousser... Les façons de faire partir une toilette en France sont légion. ...

Last day before set off!!!
Apr 26, 2007 (21 photos)

... off home. Gluuup!!! Tomorrow, we're heading to Amsterdam with my mates. Well, I know, that's the perfect and most common way to Asia. One shall wait and see. See ya. Enclosed some pics of Nantes, departure and destination place, inspiration source as well.

the capital of the Loire valley
Sep 25, 2009

... happy.  I still think you'll be trophy-less come May 2010. Gaz, thanks for the kind words. Funny thing happened in Nantes tonight.  I was enjoying a fruity crepe (no!! I said CREPE) in a local establishment with Jamie when a couple of heavy-set ...

still in Nantes
Sep 26, 2009

... walking around just to figure out what to eat.  Off to see the chateau this afternoon then maybe to a soccer game (Nantes vs. Nimes) this evening. Chateau grounds were fab...really nice day walking around.  Jason decided to watch villa on the ...

15 avril 2006 : Fin de semaine à Nantes (partie 1)
Apr 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... laitue dans un pain genre pita, avec frites. C'est dans des restaurants Turcs / Arabes, très courants en France, et semble-t-il plus encore à Nantes qu'à Paris que l'on retrouve ce plat complètement halal, c'est-à-dire de viandes d'animaux sacrifiés selon les ...

Preparing the way out
Apr 5, 2007 (2 photos)

Heya!! So that's it, I've eventually created my own blog! I hope you'll like getting aware of updates along my route... So far so.. little.. :) I don't have much to mention as I'm due to leave at the end of the month. But be sure there'll be ...

French Hospitality, I like it
Apr 23, 2008 (6 photos)

... stay tonight if I like, I will see if I can get a refund from the Youth Hostel but I don't like my chances. I purchase a Nantes Card which gives me public transporet for 3 days and entrance into a whole lot of places so that will save me some and ...

Courses (and P.S. I hate rain)
Sep 15, 2006

... in French Language and Composition MG 325 Intercultural Management IN 395 Business Internship plus one course at the Universite de Nantes: Introduction a la gestion (Introduction to Management) And for my internship, M. de Berranger is going to try to ...