I still haven’t managed breakfast or lunch at the Gare du Nord Terminus restaurant. On this and my last trip […]
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The French Connection: Day 13 – Storytelling and Street Theatre
As I write, sitting in the rooftop bar of the Lafayette Galleries, having my second glass of red, the waiter […]
The French Connection: Day 12 – Leisurely Lundi
The security staff at Space City are incredibly polite and the guy who searched my bag laughed like a drain […]
The French Connection: Day 11 – Leisurely Lundi
Monday today and we know what that means, don’t we, kids? Yep. Everything is shut. So a walk along the […]
The French Connection: Day 10 – Toulouse Le Trek
Harry, the guide on the only English-language walking tour of Toulouse, is American with an impressive mix of Glaswegian and […]
The French Connection: Day 9 – Getting my bearings in Toulouse
After a morning spent mostly getting my bearings but also being distracted by parks and basilicas, I headed for the […]
The French Connection: Day 8 – The Curse of Jim Bowen
The Curse of Jim Bowen struck my trip today. Quick reference guide: Host of a UK (possibly only in the […]
The French Connection: Day 7 – Au Revoir, Carcassonne
A day to move on and with a leisurely start… caveat: I’m usually awake and out of the house by […]
The French Connection: Day 6 – Day Trip to Narbonne
It was a ride down the same stretch of railway line as on Day 4 today, but I left the […]
The French Connection: Day 5 – Food, Glorious Food
Today was a lazy day of wandering around Carcassonne, with intentions to maybe visit the castle, possibly go to the […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 
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