Hello From Victoria- Part 1 – Reaching The West Coast

Jetlag is an amazing thing. It’s barely after 5 am and I have already been reading for an hour an a half. So I figured I might as well use this bout of sleeplessness and record my first impressions of British Columbia.
My WestJet flight out of Toronto left a 7:15 am yesterday, so that meant [...]

Le Pays Lauragais in the Midi-Pyrenees, A Part of France Not to Be Missed

Le Pays Lauragais is the region that encompasses the Haute Garronne(31), Tarn (81) and Aude (11) departments in the South of France. I would imagine that most people are aware of Tarn, with it’s capital Albi, as an area of outstanding beauty but may be less familiar with the Aude and Haute Garronne departments, until [...]

Apprenons le Français /Let’s learn French – Numbers – part 1

Resource to supplement french learning from french-abc.blogspot.com. Focus is on Numbers. Kindly leave comments or suggestions for improvement. It shows howto count in French and howto pronounce also.

Battlefields and Football – Part 3 Stade de France

Amiens has a magnificent cathedral in the centre and some lovely cafes and bars down by the river. It looks like a lovely place to spend summer evenings. However, it was an early morning in March so all I was interested in was a few pictures before heading south towards Paris and meeting up with [...]

Country property for develpment, South France, Tarn, near Albi, from owner, part 2

Property in France, Tarn for sale. 1 acre of land with outbuildings: Barn, Hangar, cellar, Tobaco drying building,all in need of renovation. Many fruit trees, pears and plum trees, cherry trees, chesnuts, walnut trees, fig trees. grapes…and quite a big field. There is a planning persmission for a home of 200 square meters. There is [...]

Pays De La Loire Property For Sale: An Expert Guide To This Stunning Part Of France

Taking its name from the 800-mile long river that runs through it, the Pays de la Loire region covers five departments: Loire-Atlantique (44), Mayenne (53), Sarthe (72), Maine-et-Loire (49) and Vendee (85). A department is similar to a UK or U.S. county.
The Loire-Atlantique and Vendee have lovely harbours and sandy beaches, while inland, the [...]

European Car Hire Part 2

It’s been many years now since the Channel Tunnel was built, yet the novelty of driving to Europe hasn’t worn off for many of us. But not everyone wants to drive halfway across Britain to keep on driving in a different country, which is where car hire firms come in useful. This continues our guide [...]

Battlefields and Football – Part 1 Ferries, Northern France and Ypres

My latest trip abroad was one of these things where everything fell nicely into place. The planning started when England announced a friendly against France in Paris. Now as Paris is my least favorite city in Europe, it was always my intention to spend as little time there as possible. A quick bit of research [...]