Blogs from France, Europe - page 1481

Sorry for the obscure title, but it kept popping into my head as i wandered around Brugge, smelling all the waffles. Its from Shrek if anyone was wondering. Brugge was an interesting town, full of lots of different smells...not all good let me assure you. There was a big town square and as we were in Belgium I thought it pertinent to go to a chocolate museum. Found out about the history of chocolate and all that jazz, saw some wicked chocolate sculptures but i was waiting for the end. We watched a chocolatier make some chocolates and then we got to taste them..yum! The hostel we stayed at was pretty ordinary with the toilest being down a flight of stairs and through the bar....so good luck to you if had to use the bathroom when ... read more

Just a quick note to say that we have arrived in Paris, Thankfully, will explain more mater but so glad to be away from Rome. Quiet day, although have just had supper at The Hard Rock Cafe in Paris. Have updated some photos but will add more later. P.S I thought thqt Ger,qn keyboqrds zere bqd; but qt leqst they only hqd one letter ,oved, You cqn see by this thqt there qre q lot ,ore on q french keyboqrd ,oved qround1111... read more

I spent the day looking for some books and decided to go check out the book store under the Louve. On my way there I took a side street that was in the shade and stumbled upon a bunch of stores with two of my favorite things: plants and pets! It was just like Istanbul where all the same store types were on the same block. I had a lot to get done this day since I was leaving early the next morning, but I took a quick stop in the pet store because I was curious what type of pets they would have in France. My heart melted as I walked in and saw about 10 - 15 different puppies to choose from. They were all SO cute . . . come on, they’re puppies! ... read more

Geo: 43.341, 2.46664Less than 2 hours sleep. Returned from Jazz fest at 2:30 AM and others returned even later (kept me up). Changed trains in Hendaye. Awesome french pastries ... ham and cheese croissant, chocolatine , and a raisin bun. How many french pastries can I eat before butter oozes out of my pores???Speaking french has been challenging. What little I knew has been long forgotten. Met an old French lady on the train that speaks Spanish.I thought it would be cooler in France, but it's experiencing a heat wave with temps in the high 30's. Grabbed a meat pie walking to the old part of Carcassonne from the train station. Bought some very expensive cookies there (3€ for 4). The bad part? Not very good. Ultra touristy here, very pricey. It's like a mix of ... read more

So my first day in Paris was really spent sleeping in and recovering from my big London weekend. That said i did get up and go for a walk around my area Kellermann in Southern Paris. I soon discovered that it was not really a tourist destination. Everyone staying at my hostel was french as were the staff and i had my first experience of ill communication. I wandered into a nearby park and when asking two local boys whether i could drink the water they were really quite surprised and intrigued to meet someone who spoke english! I should also note some very sad news at this point, two days ago (as at writing) in Berlin my mp3 player was stolen out of my room along with my headphones and my only copies of all ... read more