Month: November 2010
Au Revoir Paris
I’m now on a Eurostar train, just about to enter the tunnel from France to England, and I thought that I would at least start this post and upload it later when I have an Internet connection. (Jill took this weep timed photo at exactly the right place). Our last days in Paris were pleasant, […]
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Fine Sounding French
I think that French is a beautiful language and many of the world’s best romantic and exotic words are French. To my ear, I have found a word that really stands out! Sapeurs-Pompiers! Now doesn’t that have a nice ring to it! Sapeurs-Pompiers. Of course it means the fire brigade, but it is such a […]
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Exploring our Local Area in Paris
After all the excitement of our night at Moulin Rouge, we decided that we would use the next few days to explore our local area. Yesterday morning, we walked over to the Church of St Eustache and spent some time looking at its interior. Last time we visited, there were a lot of beggars around […]
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Paris – The People You Meet
Sometimes when you travel, it’s not the places that you see, but the people that you meet, or at least pass by, that make an impact. Our day on Wednesday began with a walk up Rue St Denis. This is a red light area and it was not long before we began to see a […]
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Paris
Our arrival in Paris was accompanied by cool grey skies, and in the evening, rain. The trip in the train was relaxing and we arrived at Gare du Nord at 3.45 pm. With a long queue for taxis and some traffic, it was an hour later before we reached our apartment at Chattelet Les Halls. […]
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Enjoying London
It’s been cool here, and we have been having a quiet time exploring some new and old areas. On Friday it was quite rainy. We used the morning to get some washing done and in ghe afternoon, we went shopping on the High Street in Kensington. We walked to the shops via the impressive Albert […]
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Upmarket London
It rained a lot overnight and we had a few heavy showers today, interspersed with som periods of faint sunlight. We began the morning by doing a load of washing and then had a late breakfast / brunch at a restaurant by Gloucester Road Station. It has stopped raining by the time we walked up […]
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No Fun at All
I saw this notice on the entrance to the gardens around the corner from our apartment. It is the list of rules for using the Queens Gate Apartments which are just around the corner from our apartment. There’s no room for any fun here!
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Exploring London
We have spent the last couple of days taking it easy and catching up on some chores such as washing. It has been cool here with showers for most of the days. However, Wednesday 10th was sunny and we decided to take advantage of the nice day to walk around some of the city. We […]
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Arriving in London
Our arrival into London seemed to have bad vibes from the start. We had left Prague on time, but ended up having to circle near London for 20 minutes as the wind had changed direction and they needed to change runways at Heathrow. Once we landed, we found that we had arrived just after a […]
Read MoreA Wet Ending to Prague
Sunday was our second last day in Prague and we had already seen most of the things that we had wanted to. We found that breakfast at the hotel continued until 11.00 am so we took the opportunity for a ‘sleep-in’ and converted breakfast into a late brunch. When we left the hotel for walk […]
Read MoreRainy Saturday in Prague
We have been blessed with fine days so far in Prague, but this afternoon it changed and some rain has set in. This morning was fine, and we decided to use the public transport system to venture to the lookout tower on the top of Petrin Hill overlooking the city. We bought a full day […]
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