In Reims, pick a clear day to scale the tower of the cathedral where dozens of French kings were crowned. From both towns, scenic Champagne driving routes thrust motorists into the heart of this intoxicating region.Don't miss the magical abbey of Mont St-Michel. Jean Surprenant / Getty ...
her jolly friend Jenny Fisher, and other of their colleagues tripped down the stairs that emerged from between Wimbush the confectioners and bakers and “Zip” the French Dry Cleaners, into Park Street to prepare to join the crowds.
We got lucky and ended up sharing a site with a young French man making his way across Canada on foot. The route went from Two Jack Lakeside Campground > Lake Louise > Moraine Lake > Columbia ice field > Lake Louise Campground Day 3 – Lake Louise, AB > Trout Lake, BC It was time...
updating this site at the moment. I’m keeping busy with a number of other projects, both personal and professional, but I do hope to start blogging here again in the near future. Watch this space – I still have a lot to say about travel, life, and making a home wherever you are!
Therefore, tourist activity managed by others than Swiss companies are not considered within the emission estimates. In a study carried out by Dubois and Ceron (2006) the focus was on short and long distance travel by French residents as, in France, most of the tourism occurs within the ...
The capital Antananarivo is equal parts Asian, French, African, and… unique, its own style. The architecture is French, but not really, while the food is Asian, but not really, while the poverty is definitely African, even if it doesn’t really look like it. That was the biggest shock...
Québec. As such, French is extremely prevalent in Ottawa (Canada’s capital city), Montréal, and Québec City; three of my favorite cities in all of Canada. The many dialects of Canadian French are different from traditional Metropolitan French in France, but it all sounds the same to me...
Of course, the street signs are not in English. But the signs are like in the US - town names and distance. The names of the streets, towns and cities are the same whether in French or English. The distances are in kilometers. The roads are very well sign posted and in excellent co...
(pure heaven), the former Höfbraubier brewery. You can get a sense of what it was like for laborers to live here in the 19th century at the Üblacker-Häusltenement museum, while the laid-back Franzosenviertel (French Quarter) is centered on tranquil Bordeauxplatz. Fans of the “...
Just a moment to vent my feelings on toll roads and bridges. The Port Mann bridge over the Fraser River on Canada’s Route 1 is a toll bridge. Toll bridges are not unusual and not unexpected. For the traveler though, it is a bit of a surprise to find the toll is collected only rem...