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Cycling in Germany #4 – Koblenz where the Moselle meets the Rhine

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’re off to a late but chilly start today. After we leave the car a few kilometers out of Koblenz to avoid the usual large town parking problems, we both put on our windcheaters and don’t take them off for … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #2 – Rhine from St Goar to Lorch

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’ve cycled along the Rhine on two previous occasions – on our way back from Croatia when we visited the Rhine Falls and Stein am Rhein, both very memorable experiences – and last year after cycling along the Danube, when we … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany # 3 – Cochem to Zell on the Moselle

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Compared with most of the cyclist we saw today – and we saw a lot of them -we are spring chickens! There are a lot of Dutch people and a lot of electric bikes. Considering most of the cycle paths … Continue reading →

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Cycling in Germany #1 – Kobern Gondorf

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We reached our destination – Kobern Gondorf on the Moselle near Koblenz at 4 pm and by 5 pm we were on our bikes ready for our first ride along the Moselle. First I’d like to explain how we operate. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up – the Liebster Bloggers Award

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s blogger round-up is going to be a little different. Paula McInerney from Contented Traveller, whom I have featured several times in this blog, has nominated me for the Liebster Bloggers Award. It’s a little different from the other … Continue reading →

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Friday’s French – déjeuner, jeûne and jeune

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Breakfast and déjeuner both have the same origin. I don’t mean their Latin root, but their meaning. Jeûne = fast and dés = stop. But déjeuner doesn’t mean breakfast, it means lunch. Breakfast is petit déjeuner. On the days we practise … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Origin of the croissant – Road Trip to Romania – Le Petit Palais

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This week’s Blogger Round-Up is all Australian. French Moments shares the story of the croissant with us which is more Turkish orAustrian than French while Andrea from Rear View Mirror takes us on the ultimate road trip to Romania, a … Continue reading →

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Friday’s French – travaux

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This is going to be a very short post because we are up to our necks in travaux. Travaux, the plural of travail is, interestingly enough, from the low Latin trepalium, instrument of torture, derived from the Latin tres, three, … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – My Wisteria

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

Each time our wisteria blooms I fall in love with it again! This year, it’s early of course, but it means we get to enjoy it for longer before we have to go back to Paris. Below is a photo … Continue reading →

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Friday’s French – gate, clôture, barrière , portail

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

I am a firm believer in learning vocabulary if you want to speak another language with any fluency. However, it has the disadvantage of giving the impression that A always equals B. Which is not true of course. I still … Continue reading →

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