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France Slideshow
Travel Blogs from France
Hold the Anchovies
This is a top pick! ... daily to go and sit on a beach and roast. Finally his waiting is over! Spent the afternoon doing laundry (strange, in France they won’t supply you with toilet paper in the bathroom, but they’ll give you soap with your laundry - ...
France Day 30 - Disney Paris
This is a top pick! Man. A day full of Disney is tiring! This morning we decide to sleep in ... at least to 8:30am. Not too bad. We head downstairs and enjoy a breakfast before the trip in to Disney. Notable events: * Sam cried after CRUSH. Pretty intense ...
France Day 20 - Not your average day of Chillin'
This is a top pick! ... in the summertime, and mostly only by Hubert, ... but it is FULL of character. We are surrounded by the rolling hills of France, a small grass fire burns in the corner, and around us are huge trees, blackberry bushes, and two beautiful homes. Hubert and ...
First Day on the Job
This is a top pick! Our first official day of 'work', and we got to stain window frames! Not quite the farm work I'd envisioned, but OK none the less. Strange working side by side with Brian as we haven't done that much. We tend to each work on different ...
Back from Cannes
This is a top pick! 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, ...
Mirage?
This is a top pick! ... 8217;ve been heading towards the west coast to shoot down towards Bordeaux and apparently we’ve arrived at one of France’s big ‘holiday destination’ areas. Giant campgrounds line the roads with the capacity for 100’s of ...
Grotty Grotte
This is a top pick! The set up for working at Las Laous is a 2 day on, 1 day off system. This works great because it means that we have a full day to go and do things and we aren’t really restricted for time. Also, the fact that Justin and Emily have lent ...
France Day 3 - Bike Ridin'
This is a top pick! ... of two different inclines. It was tough. We finally made it to Aze, a town built around one of the first Christian churches of France, dated to have been built around 540 AD. Thats OLD. There, we find a nice playground that we relax at before we make ...
Paris - Day 1
This is a top pick! Wake up, get the bags packed, last minute double checking of all our plans in Paris ... bags to front desk and check out... and off to Disney for our final morning in the park. I am SO proud of my son. He cried yesterday after the Nemo ride, CRUSH. ...
Paris - The most beautiful city on earth!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Kinship
This is a top pick! ... change, and things you never thought possible come true. Other than Paris, we haven’t been to any bigger centers in France, and nothing with our bikes. Luckily, the canal and river paths helped us through most of the way. That is ...
August in the Alps
This is a top pick! ... . 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 ...
France Day 6 - Huet Family, Parce, and monks!
This is a top pick! ... things like that. The nifty GPS unit that my buddy Bruce lent to us for the trip has worked really well here in France, ... better than Spain actually. Thank you Bruce! ... We navigate to Parce easily enough, but their house and street aren't coming ...
Making Cheese in France!
This is a top pick! ... the different varieties, tastes, and smells of it over the years (beyond Kraft Singles and Mild Cheddar). So far in France, Ive greatly enjoyed tasting cheeses whose names I cannot pronounce, and can eagerly say that there’s nothing I’ve ...
Tales from the Pit
This is a top pick! ... ; Acorns pelting us while we camp and conchs exploding on the pavement before us are things we‘ve seen all along our travels in France. But neither of these are edible and so interest me little. At the farm there are a few new nut ...
Bullfight in Nimes
This is a top pick! ... a few Americans. It is funny how I have come to really appreciate the company of other English-speaking people. I am in France to see France, but I can’t speak French. I do feel like an outsider and traveling alone probably doesn’t help with ...
Family visit
This is a top pick! My big brother is enjoying his vacation in the south of France as well. He is stationed at a camping close to Cahors so we arranged a family dinner together. The camping is located about an hour's drive away from Grenade, but we decide to first do some ...
France Day 8 - La Mine Bleue & Middle Ages Show
This is a top pick! ... Our day is full of fun ... but before I get to it all, a couple of items. **** First of all, the music of our France trip ... Arthur H., Jack Penate, and Hubert Mounier ... great stuff. I'm gonna iTunes it all when I get home. Second, a couple of ...
Montparnasse, a movie and Mussels
This is a top pick! In the morning we went our to see some French shops. The galleries Lafayette and Printemps department stores are just around the corner. So we went to Printemps. Also because they have a terrace on the 8th floor that has a nice coffee place with an ...
Sightseeing and a scavenger hunt for food
This is a top pick! ... lunch menu yet and walked away leaving us sitting at the table. How difficult can it be to get a croissant and a juice in France, apparently very. So we got up and left this place to continue our search for morning food. We tried another restaurant ...
Catching the train...again
This is a top pick! Toulouse is 110 miles from Aucun, so I decided to make it a two-day journey. In planning my route to Toulouse, Olivier and Thibaut helped me look for an open campground halfway to Toulouse. We could not find any place other than a nudist ...
Christmas in Paris
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
France Day 26 - Contact!
This is a top pick! ... the day. The kids play happilly. Janice packs and cleans the house a bit. The phone rings, its Sandrine! They have arrived back to France safely and are staying at Frank's mother's home for the next three days. A plan is made to meet at the house at ...
Bums, Belays, and Look out Below!
This is a top pick! Time to attempt something I’ve always been itching to do: rock climbing. And not the kind done on indoor walls with padded flooring. Real out-in-the-open, unforgiving stone ROCK CLIMBING! Out in the Pyrenees in the Ariege region ...
Brain Food
This is a top pick! A gory day full of raw meat, but surprisingly it didn’t bother me. Some issues that have arisen when discussing the idea of setting up our own small holding with the attempt to be as self-sufficient as possible was whether or not we could ...
France Day 2 - Settling in ...
This is a top pick! ... 's made some awesome grilled chicken with onions. As I work, and Janice reads ... the kids watch Peter Pan start to finish for the first time. Ella is so tired she falls asleep half way through. Sam loves it. ... Its a magical day in France for us ...
Vines, Vines
This is a top pick! Vines, vines, everywhere are vines. Blockin’ up the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Rouge vin, blanch, ro-se Can you taste the wi-ine? Spent about 3 days cycling through Bordeaux’s beautiful wine-country. Pulling away from ...
The Louvre, The Notre Dame, The Sommelier
This is a top pick! ... as they insulted the customers and tossed the dishes and drinks on the tables. No wonder tipping is not common practice in France. After our break we continued to explore the museum, we wandered around the more unknown exhibitions, visited the Egyptian ...