http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Auvergne , Clermont Ferrand en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:02 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:02 UTC Quatre Thmes du Tour de l'Europe du CentreLa diversit de la Culture Dans plusieurs aspects ces cultures sont bien diffrentes et cette varit est quelque chose tre clbrePrague Le Pilsner Urquell la pression tait une des meilleurs bires que j'ai eu. Je dois essayer cette bire la pression chez moi pour trouver si elle est la mme hauteur. J'espre que non. Une bire devrait tr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-349683.html Mon arrive ClermontFerrand. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-349678.html So I am here in ClermontFerrand. It is a beautiful city surrounded by a chain of dormant volcanos. I am couchsurfing at a guy named Ali's flat. It is pretty sweet like an oversized bachelor. Anywyas after 4 days in France living amongst these wondeous people I can safely say that I can generalize here.Almost eveything you've ever heard about the French is true they are fast pushy crazy dri http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-327774.html We decided this beautiful sunny morning having no set agenda for the day to head back to PuydeDome region and visit ClermontFerrand. It was quite an interesting visit because we had no idea what to look for or even where to go. Heading to the centre ville is always a good idea but maybe not always a good idea in a big city with lots of traffic We did okay though. As we were entering the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-300153.html June 25 26 2008AUVERGNE REGION FranceOur journey from Geneva took us across a small mountain range through some very beautiful countryside to ClermontFerrand. We were pleasantly surprised. This is a very nice city known as the geographic center of France. The city is in some very nice farmland and crops of all kinds are grown here.We took our usual ldquowalk aboutrdquo from our hotel to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-292917.html Friday 16th MayOver breakfast Marion explained Owen's deprivations of the night before in somewhat less heartrending tone than he employed to our hostess. She was incredibly embarrassed and sincerely contrite apologising over and over again. In the end she cut our bill by a third effectively not charging for the forgotten one.We decided we didn't want to brave the dogvisited city streets a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-286967.html I as in ClermontFerrand Michelin Capital pop. 140000 nightlife pop 8 for the 3rd EGEE User Forum basically when all of the people who are actually using the technology get together explain how they are using it and outline progress and issues. There were some interesting demos there as well. I chaired the session of Finance and Multimedia on the first day and gave a summary presentati http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-248889.html This entry is dedicated to my French studies hosted by ESCClermont Ferrand Graduate School of Management. The school is truly international hosting students from over 20 countries and supporting the travels of many other students to over 90 countries around the world. Professor David Marker a native Kansian is our advisor for our studies and he has been spectacular. He received me at the ai http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-240018.html SALUT family friends and travelers I have arrived in ClermontFerrand after a disastrousfree flight. The weather in Clermont is surprisingly fair especially compared to the harsh winter storms that Columbia has been experiencing two full inches of snow. I live fifteen minutes from school so I make the daily trek on foot or bicycle which gives me a great morning workout time to gather my http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-239942.html Here are the photos of ClermontFerrand I took on Christmas Eve but forgot about until now Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-124101.html To put this entry in context I am sitting in what should be my room but it currently has no food in it and there are assorted piles of laundry strewn around the floor and furniture. Yes the student's week can do that to you and I'm sure I'm not alone in this abysmal state. I should try to conquer it and get things back in order but I need to charge my Ipod before I can function. The Soiree http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-104678.html SO I have been back in France for five days and they have been anything but boring. The night I arrived back in Vichy I got an invite and headed out to ClermontFerrand. ClermontFd is the largest city in my area and is nestled in the volcanic mountains that make the quarried stone black strong and light. Clermont is also the home of Michelin the tire manufacturer. Well I figured I would wo http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Auvergne/Clermont-Ferrand/blog-100607.html