Continued: …the blood spilled out, first as a trickle, then as a solid stream from my thumb. After some wandering around we were able to break apart a tongue depressor and turn it into a pressure-applying splint to stop the bleeding. After all the good times in Bonnetable, it was suiting that this would happen just before my departure. I wondered if the Gods were telling me to stick around. Nevertheless, I hit the road the next day, traveling through Le Mans to arrive in Angers that night. It seemed that each day I traveled, the weather was getting just a [View Full Entry]

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Paradoxes 'Et ben, puisque c'est comme ça, je me casse !' Je rêve chaque année de prononcer cette phrase, et globalement cela se réalise, alors 2009 sera l'année du pays du matin calme, après 3 mois de sevrage de bulgogi, bibimbap et kimchi, avec quelques rechutes par des paliatifs plus ou moins fidèles dans des restos Opéra/Pyramides parigos, je retourne à Séoul, en plein hiver, avec, comme cadeau d'annoch', une doudoune Columbia! Ouaahhh, quand j'étais petite, je me disais justement qu'à mon anniversaire, pour mes 25 ans, j'aurai une doudoune ! Mais attention hein, c'est pa [View Full Entry]

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…I see another alley to my left, and with a few good turns of luck, I stumble easily upon the place I’m staying. Bonnetable is a charming country town with about 10,000 people. As I arrive at Le Charme (the farm estates in France are identified by name, not by a random/approximate address like 17500), Franc is outside to greet me. He flashes a grin and recognizes me as his unmistakable American traveler and house guest. Though most places in Europe gently ask you to remove your shoes, out in the country they often have stone floors and don’t really bother [View Full Entry]

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1. FREE PLAN 2. RIBBON WINDOWS 3. FREE FACADE 4. PILOTIS (COLUMNS) 5. ROOF GARDEN Le Corbusier's architectural formula... The Villa Savoy in Poissy, located in a beautiful open field facing the valley of the Seine, The trees with the leaves changing colors made for a very picturesque setting...I ended the day with a visit to Sacre Coeure... I am now writing from Toronto...I left Paris with a very heavy heart on Monday (11/30/09)...I will miss everything about it...My cousin, the apartment, the balcony, the Eiffel tower, the coffee, the boulangerie, the walks, the sites,the...Good [View Full Entry]

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Folks my latest instalment at www.mytb.org/spyros .............. Bonjour everybody been in Paris for 4 days now, but need to leave a few years just to take it all in! The spacecadets are already singing 'I've been everywhere man, I been everywhere' god love them and that was the whole idea of this adventure folks, no 5 star hotels, coaches, escorted tours just a backpack (and laptop...) and get down with the locals, experience it all!...Travelling does make you open your mind to different cultures, languages, cuisines, see things, challenge your values and prejudices, gets you out of your comf [View Full Entry]

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Apologies for being a little late with the updates. Internet access hasn't been easy, probably should have brought the laptop. Paris was fabulous. DAY 3 - Explored the gardens near the Louvre at Tulieries and then visited Museum D'Orsay & Le Orangerie that display the wonderful artwork of the impressionist era - my favourite! I was in heaven - works by Manet, Degas, Renoir & Van Gogh everywhere. We were able to take photos but could not use the flash. Larissa was the photographer while I stood in awe and admired all the work. She was not impressed by the work [View Full Entry]

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Continued: ...I peeled back to the right, just in time to miss a speeding black Renault. I looked around, and everything was still except for water pouring from above. No other cars from either direction. That was enough for me. It wasn't safe to continue. Why did I have to be here in DECEMBER? Obviously it's my own stupid fault for undertaking this at all, let alone doing it in winter. So when the rain was so bad that I couldn't see, and my hands were so frozen I could hardly hold the phone, I called my hosts for the night [View Full Entry]

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I was only about 40 kilometers from my destination. After hours in Parisian traffic, I finally broke loose on a wet and darkening day. Though I'd intended to take the smaller, country roads, when I saw the freeway in my direction I tightened up my ropes and bit my lip. I filled up my tank at the mid-sized town of Chartres around 4:30pm, and the wind was picking up. Filling up with my luggage isn't easy. All my things are tied together on top of the seat, and on a Vespa the gas tank is underneath the seat. That means I [View Full Entry]

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As our feet got itchy again, we decided it was time for another holiday. This time we headed off to Paris for a long weekend (just 3 days). With the new Eurostar station at St Pancras in London, Paris is a crazily close 2 and a half hours from London. So we took full advantage, leaving early on Saturday morning and getting back late on Monday evening. Our time in Paris was everything that you might expect, lots of wandering, popping into cafes when the cold got too much. We also covered a good range of museums, visiting the Louvre, the [View Full Entry]

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I wore myself out in Paris. One day of walking, walking, and more walking. There’s so much that’s been said about this city, I’ll do my best to be original. Someone gave me a great guide to the city of Paris for Christmas last year, and I was determined to use it. I did. I hiked across town to have lunch at the place it recommended as a “best value,” only to find that it was only open for dinner. I found the next place it recommended, a hidden wine bar called “Le Baron Rouge.” There was a wonderful selection of [View Full Entry]

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