Blogs from France, Europe - page 1480

Geo: 43.341, 6.7898Ate breaky at hotel. Decent croissant, but I've yet to have an incredible one like those in Paris. It was my first time using sheets in a week last night. It gets very humid in the basement but does get cold late at night.Walked down Promenade des Anglais towards the Chateau. Nice views at the top, but over-rated (and hot!) Back down to Vieux Ville. Saw a restaurant that had hoses embedded in their patio umbrellas. Every so often they spray a mist on the patrons. Nice idea for a hot place like this. Just found out that Placebo was in town last night. Gaaahhh! If I would´ve known ... of course, who knows if I could´ve gotten a ticket. Snacked on a tarte blette. Not bad, but was disappointed as I thought it ... read more

we arrived in perpignan late last night on another train packed with backpackers. i cannot stress how much i dislike the spanish trains, there are not enough of them, they break down (like the one last night), they are just rubbish. however when they do work. its wonderful. watching the rocky mountains suddenly flourish into greenland from castellon to barcelona was just such a stunning sight. today we have planned our route for the following days and cleaned all our clothes. perpignan is a cute town with interesting shops and sites, i like it. Emily was lovely for letting us stay last night. much appreciation. she has the cutest cat called cookie. we bought her a bag of sweets from this amazing sweet store in town. the girl that owned it looked exactly like Melody. Its ... read more

Bonjour mon amis, Je suis en Parie. C'est à grand ville avec beucoup dejour. J'etudie en Pere Lechaise. C'est a gentil quartier en le Nord est de Parie. C'est le habitacion pour Jim Morrison )aka The Doors au Portes). Mon maison est en Le Quartier Latin sud de Le Riviera Seine. C'est bien. Je habit en le Rue Saint Jaques tres proche le church Saint Jaques de Compostele. C'est a peau monde. Mon chambre est en le deusieme di et est à tres chaud. En le soir j'a et explore Parie. Chaque soir je boie un biere et parle avec le Garcon. Ils ne aim pas! Phew. I better stop before I offend someone with my French I know all my friends wouldnt be offended but since anyone can check this sight out I had better ... read more

To be perfectly honest, Paris is not one of my more favorite places. Last time I was there, it was so dirty. But I must say, Paris has done some work. It was very clean and we had a great time seeing all there is to see in the City of Lights. What can I say about Paris? For those that have been, you know. You know how difficult it can be to get around on one of the most confusing metros I've ever been on. You know how difficult people can be if you dont 'parlay France'. You know how scortching hot it gets in the summertime. And most of all, if you've been there, you know how ridiculously crowded it gets during the tourist season. Our accomidations were well outside of the city center ... read more

We spent 3 days at St.Brieuc, Marion's maternal grandparents' place, right on the coast of Brittany. Getting there was quite simple using Frances tolled highways part of the time. Driving along the North-western regions along the coast with a bit of atlantic breeze proved to be a blessing. It was about 10 degrees cooler then the rest of France, which was going through a heatwave. Apparently France takes the heatwave so seriously that all working people are required by law to donate all their earnings from one work day of the year towards the costs of easing and remedying heatwave conditions, which causes the death of 10s of victims every year, usually older people living in bad conditions, etc. Marion's sister Pascal, her husband Patrick and their daughter Briana were also at Marion's grandparents', so we ... read more