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  • Yes it is an amazingly beautiful and opulent palace.  That I won’t deny.  But the crowds.  Actually Paris was incredibly crowded the whole time – around the touristy stuff I […]

    K. I Do Not Recommend Versailles

    Yes it is an amazingly beautiful and opulent palace.  That I won’t deny.  But the crowds.  Actually Paris was incredibly crowded the whole time – around the touristy stuff I […]

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  • I arrived in Paris at about 1:45 pm on Saturday.  It is/was a pretty swift train ride – 300 km in an hour and 40 minutes.  A full train, but […]

    Hey Paul, Wanna See Paris?

    I arrived in Paris at about 1:45 pm on Saturday.  It is/was a pretty swift train ride – 300 km in an hour and 40 minutes.  A full train, but […]

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  • Yup.  Twenty-seven years ago I came here as an innocent wide-eyed 18 year-old, having finished school half a year early, to study French.  Really it was to bide time before […]

    Dijon Dancing Down Memory Lane

    Yup.  Twenty-seven years ago I came here as an innocent wide-eyed 18 year-old, having finished school half a year early, to study French.  Really it was to bide time before […]

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  • It is fair to say, that after a month in Britain, coming to France was initially a culture shock, which I am sure would lessen with time.  But there are […]

    France As Only The French Can Do It

    It is fair to say, that after a month in Britain, coming to France was initially a culture shock, which I am sure would lessen with time.  But there are […]

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  • I decided to do a day trip to Montpellier from Nimes.  Having felt a little off-balance initially in Nimes, I figured that Montpellier would feel better as I had been […]

    Very Busy Montpellier

    I decided to do a day trip to Montpellier from Nimes.  Having felt a little off-balance initially in Nimes, I figured that Montpellier would feel better as I had been […]

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  • A Roman town from Roman times.  Yup.  Nimes is pretty cool.  It has the best preserved ampitheatre from Roman times.  And if you have read any of my previous posts […]

    So Nimes is Pretty Neat

    A Roman town from Roman times.  Yup.  Nimes is pretty cool.  It has the best preserved ampitheatre from Roman times.  And if you have read any of my previous posts […]

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