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BAck to France

Here I am back to France for 2 weeks I really enjoy the time that I spend with my family nad friends. I was great to relax and to have some great meals and superb wines

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TMundo on November 8, 2007 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: BAck to France

We started our last day in Spain by taking pictures of a couple of our favorite places. Rick joined the running of the bulls. We had to have a picture of the neat underground garbage and recycling bins in the plaza. We took a picture of some interesting buildings near Town...

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DRKester on October 5, 2007 from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France

from the travel blog: Spain 2007

Nice? Not so Nice!

Nice? -Rain in Cannes, hail in Antibes, bad accommodation for us in the wrong location (a hostel with 20 year old Aussies that Jane had thought was a 15 minute bus ride from the train station not a HUGE walk up hill, a shuttle from the hostel and THEN a 15 minute bus ride!), Picasso museum...

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JaneandKristian on September 29, 2007 from Nice, France

from the travel blog: Jane and Kristian's honeymoon

A Year in Provence....well a week anyway!

Ah Provence - the sun really WAS shining - all the time! After our Lyon experience, we were very pleased with our lovely time in Avignon and various surrounding villages in Provence. We even managed a day doing nothing by the pool at a B&B just out of Aix-En-Provence and Jane actually sought out...

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JaneandKristian on September 25, 2007 from Avignon, France

from the travel blog: Jane and Kristian's honeymoon

Burgundy - une disastre trés chère

Well well well.....every trip has a little catastrophe but I guess it's how you handle it and in our case there were no tears from Jane and no punching French people from Kristian.... Here's how the trip should have gone: We spent a lovely day in Dijon - even though it was a Sunday...

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JaneandKristian on September 19, 2007 from Lyon, France

from the travel blog: Jane and Kristian's honeymoon

Paris in all her glory...

Ah yes gay Paris....beautiful as always and so dignified to arrive by train! Staying in the Latin Quarter is great because it is lively and close to great train lines. Our hotel was quite good - simple but very clean and 2 minutes walk to the Metro and we had a private juliet balcony (for K...

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JaneandKristian on September 14, 2007 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Jane and Kristian's honeymoon

The Notre Dame Cathedral

We went notre dame cathedral today... It was wonderful despite the 5 euro charge to light a candle... So i lit one and the nun said I could keep the other as a souvenir... a new jesus candle with "Notre Dame de Paris" on it... The pictures I got were phenomenal... I had a great opportunity to...

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daniellebachan on August 30, 2007 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007

the monet exibit

}We went to the Monet exhibit at the musee d'orsey... It is an old train station converted into a museum... I got a great picture o me from behind looking at the huge 12 foot water lilies of Monet... They also had the girls with the umbrellas and the Japanese garden with the bridge ones... It...

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daniellebachan on August 29, 2007 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007

Le Vendange- Vineyard Harvest

The VENDANGE is the most difficult thing physically that I have ever had to do... besides the climbing of the Pyrenees in France last time I was here... Lets begin from the breakfast... started at 6am consisted of coffee, tea and juices as well as a million types of bread and fruit (healthy...

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daniellebachan on August 27, 2007 from Lansargues, France

from the travel blog: FRANCE/Europe 2007