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Remembering Christchurch

Posted in News, tagged , on February 22, 2012 | 8 Comments »

Life on the other side of the world in New Zealand is quietly perfect. New Zealanders read their newspapers and watch their TV news broadcasts of shattering international events. Tsunamis in Asia, civil wars through the Middle East, raging fires and floods in Australia.  We read of airplane and train crashes in all continents and […]

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The New Zealand Way

Posted in News, Travel, tagged , , on March 15, 2011 | 23 Comments »

I know you have all subscribed to a blog about French travel. However, following the tragic events of the last three weeks, my attentions have been drawn to the heartache and hardship on our own Christchurch doorstep. For the next fortnight, French tourism will temporarily take the back seat so that we can all help […]

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Christchurch Earthquake – One Week On.

Posted in Travel, tagged , on March 1, 2011 | 18 Comments »

We have no cars, but for this I’m quite pleased. We can’t drive anywhere and so can’t see the entire destruction of my city Christchurch. Now we don’t even want to watch the TV coverage. One day we will recover our vehicles from the town centre, but we’d rather not see it right now. We […]

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Earthquake in Christchurch – Help!

Posted in News, tagged , on February 22, 2011 | 51 Comments »

I was sitting in my office in Christchurch, working away diligently as always, but then everything changed. Earthquake! Oh my God, book cases flew across the room, my computer was thrown off my desk. I was grasping at my desk to stop me from being thrown to the floor. I was on my own. Where […]

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Earthquake shakes my emotions!

Posted in France, Holiday, News, Travel, tagged on September 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Nearly twenty years ago I made a definite decision that  I was to set up a business based on my loves.  I now specialise in French tourism and regularly travel to France to escort tours and look after my various rental properties in France, and check out the various canal boat trips. At the moment I […]

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