Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
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Proud, Sad and Angry: Normandy still stirs the emotions (Part Two)
11 Sep 2014By Alan Davidge (Part One) Sometimes the memories that people take home with them are very personal. We used to…
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Proud, Sad and Angry: Normandy still stirs the emotions (Part One)
09 Sep 2014By Alan Davidge (Part Two) We can all be forgiven for thinking that history is all about dates and facts,…
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Doing the bridge “faire le pont” in Paris
01 Jul 2014By Bénédicte Mahé Every year, the month of May is full of promises for people working in France: the promises…
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Travel Diaries: Unpredictably Paris (part two)
12 Jun 2014By Barbara Redmond (Part One) Getting a taxi at rush hour in Paris is not easily done, and, once aboard,…
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Travel Diaries: Unpredictably Paris (part one)
10 Jun 2014By Barbara Redmond You could say that my fondness for walking in Paris began in 2005. As a visitor renting…
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Travel Diaries: Missing your train (in Paris): C’est la vie
05 Jun 2014By Bénédicte Mahé Since I regularly visit my family in Brittany, I take the train quite often—at least once a…