The Rugby World Cup mounts to its ultimate crescendo and conclusion. New Zealand to face France in the final match of the Rugby World Cup in Auckland. I am writing this from Christchurch, where despite this city losing the ability to host their World Cup matches, has still been able to get in to the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Brittany’
Rugby World Cup 2012 – in France
Posted in France, Holiday, News, Tourism, Travel, tagged Brittany, Marseille, Provence, rugby, Rugby World Cup, Toulon, Toulouse on October 20, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Life in 24 Frames Per Second (Part 1 of 2)
Posted in France, Holiday, Paris, Travel, tagged Arc de Triomphe, Brittany, Cinema, film-making, Images, Impressionism, Louis Lumiere Film School, Notre Dame, Paris, Sarah Reese, Spice Girls, Travelling with children on October 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Article and photographs by my daughter Sarah Reese. Sarah has been living in Paris pursuing a career in film. In the second part of this article she will share a trailer of her film “Making Of” which follows the lives of a group of young film-makers in Paris. If you are not “subscribed” to this blog, […]
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 […]
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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