Best Western Paris et Poste Sens

This entry is written on the Train from Auxerre to Avallon.

WOW. not in my most positive expectations had I hoped for such hosts. I arrived Thursday just before noon and was greeted by Caroline, the daughter of Joelle, the woman with whom I was to stay. I immediately explained to her that one must talk "doucement"and “lentement so...

Well we set off in our Citroen C5 at 10.12 am from Roncq a liitle town outside Lille. Driving in France due to the extreme winter weather is a challenge,so we headed back towards the A1 autoroute from Lille and back towards Paris .On the autoroute, the weather was extreme with fog and intense cold weather- everything was blanketed white. The aut...

In the morning we drove to the first checkpoint to meet the rest of the cars/drivers and to receive our challenges for the day.

It was great fun meeting up with the other drivers and seeing their cars. There was a real mixture, including an Austin Allegro ("All Agro"), a Vauxhall Calibra, a pair of Porsches, an old Mercedes, another Sko...

Last Saturday (Oct. 10th), the 8 people in the IPP program, along with our resident director took a day trip about an hour or so south of Paris to two different chateaux. We had to meet at 9AM on the dot, our itinerary even said that we couldn't be late. I arrived with Emilia to the meeting spot about 15 minutes early, so we decided to hit up Fr...

After enquiring at so many places we ended up at Provins Ibis - where we stayed on our first night in France. We regret not giving a tip to the helpful young guy at the Ibis who got on the phone and rang around (No one else gave us ANY help whatsoever) and found us accommodation about 45ks away in Melun. We were pretty damned pleased to not have...

Few hiccups - nothing serious and arrived at Provins (population 12,000) at about 5.30ish. Checked into our hotel that is a few ks out of Provins and drove into the town for a look around and a bite to eat. There were not many food outlets available and we had trouble indentifying what looked good. Took pot luck and the language barrier caused a...

On Friday I had my second excursion through IES. We went to Provins, the most well-preserved Medieval town in France. It was a gorgeous day which made the experience that much better. It definitely had a different feel from Paris and I absolutely loved it there. It was amazing to see how everything looked back then and to see real Medieval build...

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Day 2: We begin with a late breakfast at the hotel - cafe creme and croissants YUM! Then off on Rick Steve's Historic Walking tour. Sine we're staying in the Latin Qtr., we skipped that portion of the tour and headed straight for Cathedrale Notre Dame, just two short blocks and across the river Seine from our hotel. . it seemed to be getting col...

A School Visit in France Crézancy On Friday October 20th, I visited a 2 room school in Crézancy, France. This is a small village 10 minutes outside of Sancerre in the Savignon Blanc grape and white wine producing area of France. The school is located in the heart of the village surrounded by stone buildings and is only a stone's throw away from ...