Bonsoir tout le monde! France and Britain, two of my favourite countries ever. Neighbouring countries yet so very different, so one day I decided to compile a list of their differences. But where to start? Let’s say, the best thing in life, the most photographed thing in life, ie., FOOD. (&drink) Some examples […]
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Day 11: First impressions of ITALY!
Today was the day we left France and headed towards our third big destination, Italy. We started off with another nice bigger brekkie in Nice, then walked over to the station. CC got a not-so-nice (even tho he was in Nice 🙁 ) last memory of France of nearly being pickpocketed, literally we were in front […]
Day 10: A Nice day in Nice FEAT. MONACO
Even though muffins/croissants/pain au chocolats are a tasty breakfast, they’re not exactly filling, but it’s difficult to find anything else in France if you eat out. But, not in Nice! During our morning walk we discovered numerous cafés that did ‘English breakfasts’, which meant: omelettes. So indulged in a relatively scrumptious ‘English breakfast’ in the […]
Day 9: From Nimes to Nice via Avignon and Marseille
Hello fans, I will start with a photo of an awesome French conductor coz I think French conductors are cool, especially this one: Since we very much liked Nimes, we decided to spend the next morning exploring Nimes. The most famous sites were the Arène (a Roman-time arena, like a mini-Colosseum), la Maison Carrée– the oldest […]
Day 8: Sète
Got up early to get the 8.20 train out of Toulouse (this time with our backpacks!) as well as recheck the Japanese Garden we had looked around the first evening (I had been very hungry and grumpy and CC hadn’t enjoyed it enough and wanted to go back). Very pretty and we got some hideously […]
Day 7: CARCASSONNE!!!
Reasons I wanted to go to Carcassonne: the board game Carcassonne. I first played it in my early teens which was nearly ten years ago! The main game I played with my friends for years on end. When, some years back, I realised there actually exists a town called Carcassonne, I decided I HAVE to […]
Day 6: From the North to the South…
…of France. Lille-Toulouse, via Paris. 5½ hours from Paris Montparnasse-station to Toulouse, I got bored after 2½. CC happily made friends with the little restless girl opposite (the one singing Gangnam Style) whilst I made a decision never to have children. Got to Toulouse at six in the evening. Tbf, I wasn’t impressed. The route […]
Day 5: Let’s do some travelling!
(Written earlier this afternoon) Hello from a TGV train towards TOULOUSE. The little girl across from me has just finished droning, very bored, a renditioning of Gangnam Style (“eeee, exileidee”, I doubt she knows what she is supposed to be singing thankfully), whilst the guy behind me had just stopped listening to Gentleman (Psy’s new […]
Day 1: And so it begins……
Dear fans, family and friends, This was the view from my window this morning. A view I was quite happy to leave. Ok, granted this was after a brilliant year as an English assistant at a prestigious school in France, but this view also meant work, school and stress (and a badly cut lawn, merci Monsieur). […]
French Dinner
A “test” entry about my cultural French experience. FRENCH DINNER 🙂 Once upon a time I had a French dinner. It was amazing. Unfortunately it happened to be the day I dyed my hair bright orange, and it felt a bit awkward entering the posh LE P’TIT NICOLAS restaurant with these two older French couples, into this large area that […]