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Tag Archives: Paris Weekender
The French wine region of Burgundy – Interview: Daisy de Plume of THATLou – Official Butterfly Report for 2012
It’s Wednesday again already! Burgundy is a wonderful place to visit and Carolyn from Holidays to Europe gives us an excellent introduction to its charms. It has beautiful countryside, fantastic wine and amazing bike paths. Abby from Paris Weekender interviews … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Burgundy, Loire Valley, Paris
Tagged days on the claise, holidays to europe, Paris Weekender
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Change of Plans in Snowy Paris – New EuroVelo Website Launched – Updated Restaurant Guides
This week’s blogger round-up features three very different posts. Carolyn Barnabo from My Sydney Paris Life, unable to take the Eurostar back to Great Britain, perfectly echos what a lot of us in Paris feel about yet another fall of snow. … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged Experience France by BIke, My Sydney Paris Life, Paris Weekender
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The most original Valentine’s Day chocolate in Paris! – Getting a French Driver’s License – Part 1 – European Capital of Culture 2013
A break from Barcelona for this week’s bloggers’ round-up, starting with Mary Kay from Out and About in Paris, who ferreted out the most original Valentine’s Day chocolate in Paris. Abby from Paris Weekender tells us how to go about … Continue reading
In search of a quincaillerie – Festival du nouveau mot – Bicycling The Burgundy Canal for 100 Euro A Day
Three very different posts for this Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up: Abby from Paris Weekender takes us on what seems like a wild goose chase to a large number of Paris quincailleries; LLamalady from Blog in France tells us about a wonderful competition … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, French language, Paris, Restaurants
Tagged Blog in France, Experience France by BIke, French language, Paris Weekender
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French Tours: Beware Madame la Guillotine – It Pays to be a Friend – The Old Woman without a Clue
While I was on holiday in Australia, I didn’t have time to read my favourite blogs so I have a lot of catching up to do! This Wednesday, Abby Gorden from Paris Weekender, posting on My French Life, reviews a … Continue reading
Which Travel Money Card is best? – Getting to and from the Paris Airports – Road Trip Paris to Berlin
On this week’s list are two very pratical posts for those who will be travelling to France shortly. Holidays to Europe looks at the question of the best travel money card to take with you while Abby from Paris Weekender … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, Paris, Travelling
Tagged bacharach, dresden, heidelberg, holidays to europe, leipzig, money travel cards, nuremberg, paris, paris airport, Paris Weekender, rear view mirror, schwabisch hall, Trier
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12 Tips for 1st-Time Visitors to Paris – 42,000 Canal du Midi Trees Threatened by Fungus – Looking for lobster on Martha’s Vineyard and the Fresnel lens
We’ve been experiencing a heat wave this week in Paris so everyone has gone into slow motion. But there are still some bloggers out there! Abby from Paris Weekender gives us 12 very useful tips for first time visitors to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, France, Paris, Sightseeing, Travelling
Tagged Experience France by BIke, fresnel, out and about in Paris blog, Paris Weekender
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Lunch Cruise on the Seine – Paris Restaurants: My Short List for What Stays Open in August (2012) – Gigondas: perfect food, wines & weather… and a good idea
The wonderful weather is more or less lasting so make the most of it! Mary Kay from Out and About in Paris, took a lunch cruise on the Seine this week, Abby from Paris Weekender checked out a few places … Continue reading
Don’t walk, fly… – Christian and Islamic Cultures Come Together in Córdoba – Cooking (and Eating) French pastries at L’Atelier des Sens
I can’t believe the week can go by so quickly! Wednesday again and time for my Bloggers’ Round-up. Finding Noon takes us to a Korean painting exhibition at the Bespoke Exhibition Pavilion in the Tuileries Gardens, Kathy Stanford from Femmes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cooking, Paris, Spain
Tagged Ahae, Cordoba, femmes francophiles, Finding Noon, L'Atelier du Sens, making croissants, Orangerie, Paris Weekender
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