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Day 6: Le Puy - Ambert Around 90 kms   After a day of rest we planned a big trip. But first we needed to leave Le Puy and this was more difficult than it seemed to be. Our map wasn’t very precise, so we lost our way on the first intersection. Fortunately some other Dutch people also left Le Puy this morning, also by bike and they knew the right road. They were cycling the same route, but the other way around. Two days before they had entered Le Puy on the road we were looking ...

We awoke at 6 am and left for CDG airport.   Our flight was at 9:30 am and was smooth and routine.   We arrived in Detroit at 1 pm.   The flight used up all nine scheduled hours due to headwinds. We had about  five hours in DTW airport before finally heading back to Fort Wayne.    Drove home from there to Indy and that was it! Our daughter loved visiting Paris and It was actually my wifes first time there too. "Last time in Paris was strang...

So I arrived at my corporate apartment, which I am super grateful for, but it was seriously lacking in some conveniences. First of all my internet was not working whatsoever. Second, my travel power convertor BLEW UP - flames shooting out of it and everything! Third, there wasn't a clock or a microwave or any piece of equipment with the time on it whatsoever in the apartment (go figure I'm in Switzerland, right?). I had to go buy a piece of shit plastic alarm clock in BRIGHT YELLOW for $18 fr...

The first day! We left our university at 6am in the morning and went with 2 busses Paris. On the way, we made a stop in Reims to visit the Champagne Pommery. We were divided into groups and we had a tour in the caves of the pommery. It was really nice and impressive to see all these bottles of champagne. A tourguide told us about the history of the Pommery and showed us around. After the tour, we all had a glass of champagne. (I don't liked it but okay, just to try hehe) After the visit we he...

It was love at first sight. J'adore la France, I love the country! After my parents took me to Najac, Aveyron in 1980, I have been back to France dozens of times. I felt the wind on top of the Eiffel tower, enjoyed the sun at the Cote d'Azur, slipped my way to the isle of Noirmoutier, was challenged by a plate of choucroute in Colmar, conquered the Galibier by bike, walked to the Pyrenee top of la Rhune, looked for Van Gogh's ear in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, paid my respect to the castles of th...

We arrived in Paris quite late, about 9 in the evening. We decided there was no point in getting smashed, as we had to catch a pretty early train from gare du nord in the morning. Our initial plan was to spend the last day in paris buying stuff for the peeps back home, but that one went out the window. We didn't really have any money left in the end though, so we couldn't actually buy anything really. We checked in at the same hostel we stayed at in the beginning of our trip. It was n...

thanks to a couchsurfing girl i hosted, i finally went up that cathedral, i've been up some cathedrals already, but not this one.here you can climb 66meters up for 4.40 euros (2.20 for students)! like any other cathedral it takes far longer to get up, then what you think! it turns and tuns till your very shaky! but after about 20 minutes your up! there is a big platform where you have a view of two sides of the town, sadly there is a big security protection, so you don't get very close to the...

Amelie, Delicatessen, Monsieur Ibrahim, and the recent film La Mome (La Vie En Rose) are all French movies.  I love this movies for their language, music and the drama, of all the other reasons, I love watching the country. I did not fall in love with Paris the first time I was there in early 90’s but I come back to France again after so many years. This time it really changes my mind about this beautiful land of wine, cheese, croissant and Edith Piaf. My first stop of my trip to Franc...

A Parisian street. A Parisian café. A Parisian indifferent waiter swaying leisurely between indifferently calm customers. All of them deep in hazy thoughts.  Leisurely sipping the Day from the china cups. At 07:30 in the morning. I love Paris in the spring.   St Germain, Montmartre Have I not walked these streets before? Has the blown wind not into my face? Have I not stood in the corner …at the very edge of Edith Piaf’s song? Have I not been a Parisian Mademoiselle...

On 19 april 2008 we went for three days to Opio/Nice, to celebrate that i have my traveloffice now 10 years. So it was time to say thanks to my people en it was a big surprise for them to!

My sister is here visiting for a few weeks. She hasn't been to Paris yet, so we went there last weekend. I've been to Paris before but that was 2 years ago and I didn't get to see everything. Camera used: Canon 350D Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 MC Zenitar 16mm fisheye

I thought I should post some pictures from my hometown located in Haute-Savoie, in the French Alps. It is very close to Switzerland, only 40km from Geneva. I was there for the festive season and it was great to escape from the Western Australian heat for a few weeks, do a bit of skiing and enjoy a white Christmas!

A short bus ride (6hrs) and I was in Paris, one of my favorite cities, then more I come here, the more I want to move here :) I knew that I would be here only for 1 day so I just tried to enjoy as much of the city as I could, visiting places that I didn't get a chance to see when I was here last.  After dropping my stuff at St. Christophers Hostel, I was off to Basilique du Sacré-Couer, which is located Monmartre, the highest point in the city.  As I sat on the ...

Day 1: Nîmes - St. Ambroix 90 km   After a busy week with lots of preparations our bus left at Eindhoven station at 16.00h. The bus wasn’t completely full, so Bas (my travel buddy) and I chose a place at the back of the bus. (After the bus trip we were sorry about this decision, because we were sitting right above the engine) After a 14 hour trip the bus left the toll road suddenly and I realised that we were entering Nîmes. But it was only half past 5 and still dark outside...

I only speak five french words and it would have really helped us if I just tried to learn some more before we went to Marseille. Very few people can speak in english though they tried really hard to help us with directions. The first person I asked for directions was the bus driver who drove us from the airport. I asked how to go to Prado and he didn't understand me first since I pronounced it "pra-doe" instead of something like "prah-doh". He told me the directions and I kept on saying "Yea...