In the heat of a late provencal summer afternoon I love a glass of chilled Rosé wine! I am presently in Provence, France, living in the village of Caromb. Not only am I sharing the odd glass of Rosé with my darling wife, but we are right in the midst of the harvest for the […]
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Vintage Rally Provence
Posted in France, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Caromb, French Holiday, Wine Harvest on October 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Market Appraisal!
Posted in France, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Isle sur la Sorgue, Markets, Provence on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
There’s something about the French way of life that involves people planning their days around the village markets in France. It’s a routine each morning – work out what day it is, which can be hard when you are on holiday, and then work out which village has its market on that day. Today is […]
Coffee Lovers Mmmm!
Posted in France, Tourism, Travel, tagged Coffee, Espresso on September 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“I’ll have a coffee thanks” is a question heard regularly throughout the day in France. But what you receive when you ask this question varies noticeably depending on where you are. However if you are travelling through France, Italy or the rest of Europe, such a question will result in you being served a small […]
Dinan – our very own Dreamland
Posted in Brittany, France, French cuisine, Medieval townships, Tourism, Travel, tagged Breton cuisine, Brittany, Christopher Nolan, Creperie des Artisans, Dinan, Dreams, Fete des Ramparts, France, French cuisine, French Holiday, Imagination, Inception, Medieval towns, Paris, Rance River, Rennes, Saint Malo, Travel, Traveling with children on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Christopher Nolan’s much-awaited, mind-bending blockbuster Inception sucked me into a dreamland far, far away. In the back of the Rennes movie theatre I was transported back to Paris, but not the Paris we know – a Paris where the streets could effortlessly fold on top of each other, where enormous fireless explosions popped up around […]
The Lost Children of Paris
Posted in France, Paris, Tourism, Travel, tagged Paris on August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As we walk around Paris we can learn something more at every step we take. This plaque appears on the school next door to the Eglise St Severin on rue St Jacques. Nothing more needs to be said. To the memory of the children, pupils of this school, deported from 1942 to 1944 because they […]
Cancale – The World is Your Oyster
Posted in Brittany, France, French cuisine, Holiday, Tourism, Travel, tagged Brittany, Cancale, France, French cuisine, French Holiday, Louis XIV, Mont Saint Michel, Oysters, Pointe du Gruoin, Saint Malo, Seafood, Summer Holidays, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Travel, William Shakespeare on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny. Pistol: Why then the world’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. Falstaff: Not a penny. This famous quote from William Shakespeare’s celebrated The Merry Wives of Windsor ran through my mind a few weeks ago when I travelled to the idyllic seaside village of Cancale […]
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