- Paris, ma cherieWe met up with the boys in Paris (our arrivals were 5 mins apart!), and we spent 4 days in the shopping capital of the world! It was awesome, and filled with lotsa yummy cheese and anything you can Posted by megan prawdzik in Wish You Were Here! | Nov 8, 2011
- Kiss & Fly - The Cote D'AzurThe Cote d’Azur occupies the northern Mediterranean coast with famous locations such as St.Tropez and Cannes being favoured by tourists and sunseekers. For our trip in October 2011 we based ourselves in Nice, with the intention of visiting both Monaco Posted by david.byne in New Territory | Nov 4, 2011
- Day 8 - London to ParisI woke up really early this morning. I had a really bad sleep and lots of nightmares :O But I was so excited to be starting our tour! Me and Christine went down early to check in and weigh our Posted by beckyy in Contiki European Adventurer | May 12, 2011
- 12 Days of Traveling Europe
After my last class for the last two weeks on October 20th, I went home to pack up my backpack for 12 days of travelling across Eur Posted by la vita bella in La Vita Bella | Nov 2, 2011
- Day 11 - ParisI woke up very early in the morning to find that I had a very sore throat. I knew I’d feel worse when I eventually got up, and I was upset that it had to happen in Paris. So far Posted by beckyy in Contiki European Horizon | May 16, 2010
- Day 10 - Swiss Alps to ParisBreakfast was at 6:45 am today. We left early because today was our longest drive of the tour, to Paris. This was our final city, and the city I was looking forward to the absolute most. It still wouldn’t quite Posted by beckyy in Contiki European Horizon | May 15, 2010
- 14. FranceAfter making the mistake of hugging the Cote Azure with its crowds, and then finding Provence much the same, we headed inland off the motorways and started to discover the France that we endded up loving. Fair to say it Posted by StevenCarol11 in Steven and Carol | Oct 31, 2011
- The days in CherbourgHey everyone,
We have been in Cherbourg for two nights now. The Regina Maris arrived at the ‘sluis’ in front of Cherbourg at around 20:00 but since the sluis only opens at higher tides we had to wait till around 11:30 Posted by meimeilin in Meilin at Sea | Oct 31, 2011
- CherbourgHeeeey blog!
Right now I am in the harbor of Cherbourg. These past few days have been quite tiring and cold.
On Thursday we left for Tenerife. There were lot of news programs and other interviewers on board. A lot of Posted by meimeilin in Meilin at Sea | Oct 30, 2011
- Party Time on the Cote d'AzureAn advantage of having family in exotic places like the French Riviera is that we get dragged along to great parties and fun events, so how could we refuse an invite to Roland's 60th. birthday...
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/171352/P1120582.jpg Posted by Hawkson in Blissful Adventures | Oct 30, 2011
- Enjoying some local sites...We rented a car for a month so now we can visit all sorts of interesting sites around Mèze. Last Saturday we stuck close to home in the morning to watch, at last, Casino Royale. Blog readers will Posted by clarkesabroad in The Clarke's Magical Mystery Tour | Oct 29, 2011
- Bohemia BordeauxBordeaux is the last stopping point before we get to Spain and there are still a few Frenchies we haven't tried yet. Escargot and a crêpe in particular, obviously because of our location a bottle of the regions rouge has Posted by Slackster84 in Seeking Winter Sun | Oct 26, 2011
- More October Travels, Part 3The travelling hat traveled to Versailles. And the hat had a heck of a time getting there, too! It's all the way around on the other side of Paris from the airport, so the hat had to rely Posted by TravellingHat in Adventures of the Travelling Hat | Oct 28, 2011
- Then we Musee southSo that's Sword beach ticked of the list, we now head west to visit Juno beach (where the Canadians landed) and Gold Beach (where we Brits conquered) before heading south to Bayeux.
With tw Posted by Slackster84 in Seeking Winter Sun | Oct 21, 2011
- Viva La France!I have now raised the standard of living in my own brain for places to visit now that I have been blessed with the opportunity to scatter my foot trails across France. This odyssey was luckily guided by two eloquent Posted by BrockAdam in The Tales of Canterbury | Oct 24, 2011
- Corsica 2004[b]This summer all five in the family wanted to travel. We chose a destination where everybody, big and small, could have their wishes realised. The boys demanded beach and pool, so we found a place on the internet. For us Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Jul 17, 2004
- Paris WrapupThis morning I went an lined up for the Notre Dame tour. Before I had just gone into the lower level but this was a tour up to the roof of the cathedral.
Afterwards I went for th Posted by cannon_fodder in Western Europe | Oct 23, 2011
- Notre DameToday I went up to see the Notre Dame Cathedral. It was pretty spectacular.
Afterwards I went across to the Sainte Chapelle church, which is supposed to be beautiful without the gloo Posted by cannon_fodder in Western Europe | Oct 23, 2011
- It's a small world after allThe town we are in now is called Ciotat, it was a mostly random decision to come here as it was half way from Cinque Terre to Barcelona but it is also on the coast and in a great wine Posted by colincampbell in Colin & Natalie | Oct 22, 2011
- Nantes stopWe left Bayeux reasonably early and arrive in Nantes ahead of time. The hotel is in the middle of a busy industrial estate in the St Herblain region just west of the city. We are only staying one night and Posted by Slackster84 in Seeking Winter Sun | Oct 22, 2011
- 14. FranceAfter making the mistake of hugging the Cote Azure with its crowds, and then finding Provence much the same, we headed inland off the motorways and started to discover the France that we endded up loving. Fair to say it Posted by StevenCarol11 in Steven and Carol | Oct 21, 2011
- LouvreI went to the Louvre today. It is a fantastic building. I had walked there from the hotel so my legs were already tired, and they got really tired and painful quickly but I kept ignoring them since there was Posted by cannon_fodder in Western Europe | Oct 21, 2011
- Lobsters and VinoIt isn't getting any warmer, but at least the rain has gone. Thursday night was very stormy with more wind, rain and lightning than I saw this August in New York's big hurricane Irene. There isn't much happening Posted by colincampbell in Colin & Natalie | Oct 21, 2011
- Yukoners enjoy life in the south of France!We have enjoyed some great socializing in the past week...it hasn't advanced our french language skills but we have had some good food and tried out some new activities that I never thought I would ever willingly do. Read Posted by clarkesabroad in The Clarke's Magical Mystery Tour | Oct 21, 2011
- Eiffel TowerToday I walked over to see the Eiffel Tower. The Tower was amazing. It was something I wanted to see anyway, but close up it was incredibly impressive. I went up to the summit.
Afterwards I walked over to the Palais Posted by cannon_fodder in Western Europe | Oct 20, 2011