Paris and more Paris
2004-07-23, Paris, France. By: lizziejoy

Finally, I feel right enough to register all I've experienced in Paris. To backtrack, once again! In Paris, museums are like candy. Practically on every street corner, they boast history, art, anim...

And now for the first of Paris
2004-07-22, Paris, France. By: lizziejoy

I acknowledge that I have unmercifully skipped around quite a bit in my journally. With chronology already out the window, I'm going to back track again. The flight to Paris from Dublin was fine, alth...

Wonder of Wonders
2004-07-22, Paris, France. By: lizziejoy

Ah, dear readers, I can now type fast again. The trick to these European keyboards is to sit down, mutter a few curse inaudibles, and stumble around on a few keys until Oila! Miraculously, even though...

Paris so far
2004-07-21, Paris, France. By: lizziejoy

Due to travel weariness, keyboard frustration, and the Louvre on tap for this evening, I'll just summarize what Le Grand Paree feels like to the senses. Stunned by the panoramic views of a stair climb...

Brain Blog
2004-07-21, Paris, France. By: lizziejoy

Pardon my French, but these European keyboards are a pain in the arse. If there should happen to be random letters in words, just play along and decipher, OK? I can not find out how to make the apostr...

Churches, shopping, and conversations
2004-06-15, Rouen, France. By: cstclai

This is my second day in Rouen, and I leave tomorrow for Brussels. Rouen is WONDERFUL. I don't know if I am just progressively more adjusted, routined, etc, and am having a progressively better time,...

Last night in France
2004-06-14, Caen, France. By: Lisa

Hi all! Well, obviously I'm not getting access to the internet very often. Tonight's the first time since Venice when I last wrote and I don't know when I'll next have a chance - sorry for the lack ...

"There's a place called St.Tropez..." (R.Martin)
2004-06-14, Saint-Tropez, France. By: Todd

In June (5.6.-13.6) we had the chance to spent a week together with Tanja, Jeroen, Toni and Oliver at Oliver's parents place near St.Tropez, Côte d’Azur. The week was filled with all different kind of...

Chateaux et Tours
2004-06-13, Tours, France. By: cstclai

Well, I made it to Tours! Yesterday was a hectic day. I arrived at the train stations at around 11, and had to find a chateaux tour to go on, get the ticket, find my hostel, check in, and return to ...

Chartres blue... and hair bands
2004-06-11, Paris, France. By: cstclai

Went to Chartres today. But I will diverge before I forget to update on a couple (quasi) "celebrity" sitings that I have had. First, on my plane on the way to Paris, Elizabeth Smart and her whole fa...

Aloha!
2004-06-10, Paris, France. By: cstclai

The trip has begun... alone! I am actually really liking travelling by myself for a change (probably not for any extreme duration, but for now). The flight was uneventful, and reaching the hostel wa...

Camping in France
2004-06-12, Sarlat, France. By: kymike

coming soon

Paris cont.
2004-05-28, Paris, France. By: kyle

Well I am still in Paris for another night. I had a great time last night. I went out with Rachel and saw Paris by night. We went to the Eifel tower, but it was too late to go up in it, so I am abo...

Aloha from...Paris?
2004-05-27, Paris, France. By: kyle

I have finally made it to the city of angels...er light. In paris they have things like screwy keyboards designed to suck internet min from your internet card. The flight was great, no problems at a...

Chamonix, France Alps
2004-04-08, Chamonix, France. By: jimi

Hi, at this time I visited french alps during easter time. We took cheap flights from helsinki to geneva. It was almost summer at the already and weather was really nice. From there we took about 5...

Back - and away again
2004-05-20, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi all! Just a wee line to let you know that I'm safely returned from a FABULOUS day in Barcelona yesterday where I managed to see all the major sites of the city and only get lost three times betwee...

Iliat, History tour, Chambery...
2004-05-18, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi everybody, How are you all ? Hopefully well. The weather here has really kicked into summer mode and is gorgeous all day every day with temperatures constantly in the high 20s !! Going back t...

Finally new photos
2004-05-13, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi everyone, With Abby having left yesterday to return to the USA, I've finally burned all my photos from her computer onto CD, and have now been able to upload a good number of them. I hope you enj...

Uni exams all over!!!!!!! :)
2004-05-10, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

WHOPEEEEEEEEEEE and Hooray for the end of exams !!! Today I had my last two exams ; two hours of Roman History and four hours of « History of Political Doctrines and Morals of Antiquity » (phew !!) a...

The Disneyland to crown them all
2004-04-27, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi everyone, The sun has been shining non-stop for the last few days, and I’m tempted to say that summer has really finally come to Lyon. Temperature is daily above 20 degrees celcius and it’s just ...

Perouges and a weekend off
2004-04-23, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hello – me again…barely 10 minutes after I finished the last entry ! Oh well – it never rains but it pours, and I’m now in the rhythm of writing so I thought I’d bring you all completely up to date w...

The rest of the week in the South of France
2004-04-23, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi all, Well, having given a very brief intro to Nice, I was not able to get to a computer for the rest of my week down South, so that’s why this update of the highlights of the rest of the trip co...

Easter Break: Forever my favorite city
2004-04-03, Paris, France. By: trip2wales

There's just something about Paris that I absolutely love. After all the cities I've seen, I still think it is the most beutiful of them all. It might have to do with the laws the governement has ab...

Nice is nice!!
2004-04-12, Nice, France. By: Lisa

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well and happy and had a great Easter. I've just arrived in Nice where Melissa and I will be spending the next few days before heading to Marseille and Nimes -in short,...

Daylight saving
2004-03-28, Lyon, France. By: Lisa

Hi everyone ! Time for another update from Lyon, seeing as I haven’t written for AGES ! In the meantime I’ve just passed the halfway mark for my time here in Lyon (time flies !!) and daylight savi...