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 […]
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Change of Blog Address
Posted in France, Tourism, Travel on April 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
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 […]
France – Was I a Frenchman in another life?
Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Bastia, Calvi, Corsica, David Reese, Montemaggiore on February 7, 2011 | 28 Comments »
For the last twenty years, France has been my life, both personally and in my business. How did this happen to a young lad living on the other side of the world in New Zealand? My father died nearly thirty years ago at a relatively young age. I adored my father. I had heard through […]
Picking Apples in Paris!
Posted in France, News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Apple phones, Boulevard St Germain, iPhone, Metro, St Germain on January 13, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Both the Interior Ministry and the local Paris train company (RATP) have warned that in the Paris metros there has been a large increase in pick-pocketing. An increase of 40% of reported thefts over the last year has astounded the French Interior Minister, Monsieur Hortefeux. Of the reported thefts the majority of stolen items have been smartphones […]
Confusing the Holiday Seasons?
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Golden Bay, Summer Holidays, Tata Beach on January 11, 2011 | 19 Comments »
It’s 6pm in the afternoon. A warm summer afternoon. My favourite time! I’m sitting on a fine golden sand beach. I’m wearing swimming togs and a smile, with my wife. The sun is still high in the sky as we look across the bay from Tata Beach, in Golden Bay to the north of the […]
Christmas Greetings
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Christmas, greetings on December 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Christmas tree lights are blinking at me. The presents are impatiently waiting under the tree. The fridge is full of Champagne! Tonight in Paris (24th) the presents will finally be opened, and the Christmas feast will be devoured before well satisfied stomachs will make their way to midnight Mass. The magic of Christmas has […]
Snow in Paris
Posted in News, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged snow on December 9, 2010 | 16 Comments »
You sit in the window as the feathery snowflakes drift slowly to the ground. You become transfixed watching in awe as these flakes try to defy gravity as they make their way to the ground. You call out to your family to come and watch. “It’s snowing!” You crowd around the window watching this spectacle […]
Shop Window Surprise – Provence
Posted in France, French cuisine, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Carpentras, Jouvaud, Provence, Shopping in Provence on November 12, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Don’t visit this town, there is nothing much to see! This is what I often read in travel guide books when I look up “Carpentras”, located in Provence in the south of France. Carpentras is a town 35 minutes’ drive to the north east of Avignon. It has an enormous market on Friday morning which […]
Flying by Train!
Posted in France, Holiday, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Eurostar, Paris, SNCF, TGV, Train tickets on October 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Travel by fast train around Europe has revolutionized travel. Now it is nearly as fast to travel from central Paris to the south of France, as it is by travelling by air, and it is certainly much faster by train than air between London and Paris. With trains there is no need for airport transfers from the […]
Cricket and Curry!
Posted in France, India, Tourism, Travel, tagged Alex Reese, Brabourne Stadium, Cricket, Mumbai on October 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This is not a story about France. This is a story of travel. I came to India as a 17 year old in 1975 and swore I would never return! I’m writing this today from Mumbai (Bombay, India)!! Why? My wife and I are visiting our son. Alexander is in India for three months training […]
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