France - Blogabond

Knee Strain in Crest-Volland

Yay a weekend skying in the alps ! Yay another reason for Jumping ! Yay how i love a good Raclette ! Yay.... I ended up the weekend with a knee strain ("entorse" en bon français)... aouch :-(

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Sly on April 3, 2009 from Crest-Voland, France

from the travel blog: Jumping Around

The journey by Eurostar to Paris was bliss - gliding through the flat vernal fields of northern France. The weather that day in Paris itself was fantastic, so I took the Metro to Chatelet and endeavored to walk down the river to the next point of my journey: Paris Bercy Station. I've never...

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BenWH on April 1, 2009 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey

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sebcof on April 1, 2009 from Vitrolles, France

from the travel blog: Trip to South America - 1st April 2009 to ¿?

Kats Parents and Friends

Having left earlier than expected and the French speed limits being 130km on dry days we made it to Kat’s parents (Louise & Steve) house in Nieuillet in good time. We arrived on the 19th March about 2pm, just in time for French bread, cheese and a cold beer as the weather was boiling hot. They...

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Kat and Ben on March 16, 2009 from Vouleme, France

from the travel blog: Kat & Ben's World Adventure

Hello France

The ferry docked on time at around 2pm and we set of on our journey to just south of Paris to a small village called Dravail where even the Chinese didn’t speak Chinese let alone English!

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Kat and Ben on March 15, 2009 from Dunkerque, France

from the travel blog: Kat & Ben's World Adventure

Dreaded Draveil

So we both had difficulty ordering our meal after being stuck in rush hour traffic around the Paris ring roads for 2 hours making it 9:30pm when we eventually sat down to dinner, but more importantly a cold beer. We stayed at ‘Hotel Crap Hole’ (we forget the name) which was bloody awful....

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Kat and Ben on March 15, 2009 from Draveil, France

from the travel blog: Kat & Ben's World Adventure

Jumping in Paris

Jumping with Arnaud in front of la place de la Concorde in Paris during a beautiful day of February

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Sly on February 8, 2009 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Jumping Around

New Year, let's Jump too !

In a farm lost in the Sarthe area in France: Happy New Year 2009 and Happy Jumping !

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Sly on December 31, 2008 from Chateauneuf-sur-Sarthe, France

from the travel blog: Jumping Around

Off to the Alps for the winter

Well it was off to France for our 2nd season with Descent. We started with a training course in a hotel in Brides-le-Bains near Moutier in France. Diane did a sterling job of organizing the hotel and the logistics of the training, with plenty of spreadsheets of course. Barney fixed a few things,...

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barneyanddiane on December 15, 2008 from Moutiers, France

from the travel blog: Barney and Diane