 | And Finally, In Tours
2007-10-11, Tours, France. By: Caitlin | | Catch me unawares, and I’ll have no idea what you’re saying, whether it’s in English or French. If I’m not talking 100 miles per hour, my brain is probably thinking at 120 mph. (I suppose I should u... |
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| A Walk in the Park
2007-10-11, Paris, France. By: Caitlin | | For once, I was walking home from school alone. Having eaten lunch together, we all parted ways and took care of our own errands. Which left me promenading through the Luxembourg Garden, p... |
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| On Frenchmen Introduction
2007-10-11, Paris, France. By: Caitlin | | On Frenchmen
Everyone says Italians are the most flirtatious people around (next to, perhaps, Mexicans, which I agree with…but that’s a story for another time). I, however, never found the Italia... |
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| "Pas Mal"
2007-10-11, Paris, France. By: Caitlin | | It was a weekend, and Kevin (our director), had come to take us on a brief visit of Paris. We exited the hostel in our very obviously American group, chatting and laughing loudly. But so what: afte... |
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 | Off to Marseilles...... (pause)......... NOT!!!!!
2007-09-16, Avignon, France. By: elimatt | | As I said in the last entry, this trip would allow us to experience one of the benefits of the way we had organised our holiday.
We left Lyon with the idea of spending a night in Marseilles before ... |
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 | getting in touch for the world
2007-09-26, Bordeaux, France. By: susiey | | 26 09 07 getting in touch with the world
Today the plan is to go to Bordeaux. The idea is to try the tram system, because we will most likely want to use that on Saturday to get to the game. Thank ... |
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 | in royan for the day
2007-09-27, Bordeaux, France. By: susiey | | 28 09 07 off to the coast.
There are some sore heads this morning after the wine tasting and birthday celebrations of yesterday.
Today we are off the Royan to have some fresh seafood. Bronwyn ... |
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| we were here
2007-09-28, Bordeaux, France. By: susiey | | 29 09 07 early start in the chateau
We had to lose a few people this morning, with three couples staying in Bordeaux overnight. That meant that they all had to be packed ready to leave at nine thir... |
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 | The more the merrier here at Chez Sherrard
2007-10-01, Veyrier du Lac, France. By: sherridan | | Well it's a full house here at Chez Sherrard. A big happy bunch of us taking to the highways and the byways or rather the rocky routes and the teeny tiny narrow chemins linking the little villages aro... |
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| Getting to Paris
2007-09-21, Paris, France. By: susiey | | 21 09 07 getting to Paris
Too easy. We got up before six, and were on the way with thanks to Sandy and Paul. Tom tom took us all the way to the rental return without a hitch. Sometimes technology... |
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| tour of Paris
2007-09-22, Paris, France. By: susiey | | 22 08 07
Today we have a tour of Paris – it includes an English speaking guide, lunch at the Tour Eiffel and a cruise on the river seine.
We were up early enough, trying to connect to the inter... |
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 | Next Stop............... Lyon
2007-09-15, Lyon, France. By: elimatt | | Leaving Paris was quite exciting. It was the first time we really used our rail passes, signalled the beginning of our "real trip" (we now had no pre-booked accommodation)and the train we caught took... |
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 | Hello from Paris
2007-09-25, Paris, France. By: ginger121 | | Bonjour. We are having a wonderful time strolling the streets of Paris. We've been to the top of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triumphe. Seen Notre Dame and the Louvre. . and we have put another 200 ... |
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 | Paris
2007-09-23, Paris, France. By: ginger121 | | Well - we made it to Paris . . . turned in the car at Orly airport .. yea - we're now on foot. We're a lot less dangerous (I think) that way!! At least Paris is safer!!
We have a great hotel on... |
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 | Destination....... Paris
2007-09-14, Paris, France. By: elimatt | | Feeling very excited, we left Leeds Bradford early on the morning of the 30th July for our hour or so in the air before hitting (not literally) the tarmac at Charles De Gaulle in Paris.
However, as... |
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| Paris is great!
2007-06-14, Paris, France. By: caitlin | | On Thursday, September 13th, we arrived in France! After an overnight flight, I was extremely tired, but SO EXCITED to be in Paris. Now that I've been here for almost a week, it feels like so much t... |
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 | The good times roll on...
2007-09-15, Annecy, France. By: sherridan | | Forget everything I said about summer being gone – it’s back with a vengeance! C’est fantastique!
It’s Saturday and with Rob away at Donnington in the UK, it’s just the girls and me here at Chez Sh... |
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 | Paris, Lyon, Taxis & Foie-Gras
2007-09-06, Paris, France. By: lizzie | | Thanks to the rugby tickets I got from Sue & Phil I went on a nice little break to France from 6-10 September. My old flatmate Lach came too and since he hadn't been to Paris before we stayed there f... |
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 | Australia v Japan
2007-09-08, Lyon, France. By: lizzie | | We were off to a bit of a rocky start... after a nice 30 min walk from the hotel to the stadium I had to get the ticket out to find out which gate to enter (stadium was crazy) by the time we got to th... |
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 | Spring in Paris
2007-03-22, Paris, France. By: krapulax | | Paris is a most beutifull city in a world!
I & my family went to Paris at spring time. The weather was cloudy and rainy. We went a lot by Metro. The Metro traffic is very good in Paris, we could to... |
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 | Paris Layover
2007-09-08, Paris, France. By: tommyexcel | | The first thing we had to try to adjust to was the fact that once we landed in Paris, they are nine hours ahead of us here in California. We made excellent time and arrived in Paris 40 minutes ahead ... |
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