This year’s Fête de la Musique has dawned upon us once again. Each year on June 21 over one hundred countries in the northern hemisphere band together in one big fat musical fiesta to celebrate the beginning of summer. Born in 1976 in France, La Fête de la Musique has become a true highlight on […]
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Faites de la Musique!
Posted in France, News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Bon Jovi, Edith Piaf, Fete de la Musique, Music, The AB Factory on June 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
The Cannes Film Festival: a Cinematic Pilgrimage
Posted in France, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Jude Law, La Croisette, Robert de Niro, Sarah Reese, Uma Thurman, Woody Allen on May 20, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Sarah Reese reports directly from the red carpet in Cannes, as she fulfils a childhood dream of being at this prestigious film festival. A fortnight ago the French town of Cannes rolled out the red carpet for its sixty-fourth annual international film festival. Aaaah…. The world had once again been gifted with the chef-d’oeuvre of all […]
Packing your Bags!
Posted in France, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Hand luggage, Luggage packing on May 13, 2011 | 20 Comments »
I’m off to Europe for three weeks, what am I supposed to pack? This is a question that is being asked everyday by people heading off on holiday. In fact at this time of the year I have many hundreds of travelers heading off to Europe, and they are all scratching their heads over what […]
Gardens in Paris: Part 3
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged 12th arrondissement, Bercy, Gardens in Paris, Parc de Bercy, Paris parks, Sarah Reese, Seine River on May 9, 2011 | 15 Comments »
This is not your typical Parisian garden. In fact, this is probably as un-traditional as Paris gets. This is the Parc de Bercy, and our final chapter in the French Way Spring Special . Located in the heart of the twelfth arrondissement , the Parc de Bercy is split into three gardens which run along […]
Gardens in Paris: Part 2
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Gardens in Paris, Georges Jeanclos, Notre Dame Cathedral, Sarah Reese, Square Rene Viviani, St Julien le Pauvre on May 2, 2011 | 16 Comments »
In the heart of the bustling Latin Quarter overlooking Notre Dame Cathedral lies a tiny snippet of tranquility. On a lazy Sunday afternoon I go there with a two euro ham sandwich and a chilled can of Lipton’s iced tea to reflect on what has been an eventful week. I take a much-needed swig out of my […]
April in Paris
Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged April in Paris, Ecole de Botanique, fifth arrondissement, Jardin des Plantes, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris Mosque, Paris zoos, Sarah Reese, Spring in Paris, St Michel on April 28, 2011 | 13 Comments »
In the front row of my small school jazz band, I tapped my foot to the beats of Vernon Duke’s timeless jazz standard April in Paris . I thought of all the musical greats who had done the same thing over time; Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra, to name but a few. So […]
Roussillon – Spilt Blood
Posted in France, Tourism, Travel, tagged Provence, Provence villages, Restaurant David, Roussillon on April 20, 2011 | 13 Comments »
The Count d’Avignon from Roussillon in Provence was a dapper young man who was often led to fight for his country and to travel with the Crusades of the 12th century. His wife was a very attractive woman and enjoyed far too much the pleasure of other men, while her husband was away from town. […]
Change of Blog Address
Posted in France, Tourism, Travel on April 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This is a quick note to let you know that the blog address for The French Way Travel Blog is being changed. It will now be found at www.blog.france.co.nz. As a subscriber to my blog posts you will continue to receive notification of each new article. However those people using RSS feeds will/may need to make some […]
The Smell of Paradise – New Zealand
Posted in France, News, tagged Blog4NZ, New Zealand on March 23, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Frederic Geffroy from Paris is a young Frenchman who has a strong connection with New Zealand. After reading about the Blog4NZ campaign to promote NZ tourism he wanted to write his own article in order to help. This is a intimate article written with love. We thank Fred for his lovely article supporting the beauty […]
Welcome to the Hotel Welcome
Posted in France, Tourism, Travel, tagged Antibes, Cannes, Cap Ferrat, honeymoon, Hotel Welcome, Menton, Nice, Villefranche sur Mer on February 21, 2011 | 17 Comments »
I just need a bed for the night! I hear this comment in my travel business all the time. Well, if you are going to travel to the south of France and find yourself in the beautiful fishing port of Villefranche sur Mer, just 7km out of Nice, and you just want a bed for […]
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