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Why visit Prague?

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If you want to admire romantic bridges, go to Paris. If you want to do window shopping, head to Champs-Elysees and Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. For panoramic views, take a lift to Eiffel tower. For the best rated beer, drink at one of Belgium’s monastic breweries. For buying a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, London is your first choice.

Low Value Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean Islands

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We had been hoping to go to Guadeloupe for years but the island was closed during the recent flu hysteria. When France finally reopened it, we rushed immediately in.

Transatlantic Cruise, the Northern Route

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We enjoyed our second transatlantic repositioning cruise from UK to USA, the Northern Route. Our stops included Faroe Islands and Iceland.

We Appear on Finnish TV Today

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A Finnish tv crew came to film us for Lamastalgia episode 8 in Toulon, France.

Europe Is Not That Expensive

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It is possible to travel in Europe with 500 dollars per month if you cook your own food, use hospitality exchange and rent rooms.

Walking with dogs in Mouans-Sartoux, France

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Watch a video of our walking tour with greyhounds in Mouans-Sartoux, in a beautiful little village in the French Riviera.

Fish Carousel

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In this video the fish are chasing floating bread crumbs like in a carousel.

French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur, France

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Travelling and living in French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur, France.

French understanding of a happy holiday

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The French have weird habits according to the British. Here is one of them: how to spend a beautiful day by pushing cars.

Carrefour Product and Service Quality

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We bought jogging shoes from Carrefour that broke in one week. Carrefour refused take responsibility.

Demonstration against Sarkozy in France

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The French demonstrated against the president Sarkozy in Toulon and we joined the crowd making a video film.

French Elevator High-tech

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French elevator high-tech. The French had a pretty weird numbering system in their elevator.

French Parking - When Timing Is Everything

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Typical French parking in the middle of the road and a lucky last minute escape before the police toes the car away. One would expect him to be happy but the guy looks annoyed.

All about French Cheese

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All about French cheese: history, how it is made, categories, tasting, recommendations. Say cheese! Welcome to a virtual cheese tour de France. We tasted the country’s sumptuous variety of cheeses to prepare this little gift to you.

Separatist Corsica, France

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Corsicans don’t leave the French cold. Some people recommended the island for us warmly, while others advised to avoid it. We wanted to see ourselves what to think about this small, separatist island and its trigger-happy inhabitants.

Perpignan and Montpellier, France

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Travelling through Perpignan, Nîmes, Narbonne, and Montpellier in France. We returned to France to explore the South coast. Our route started from Perpignan near the Spanish border. We were welcomed in a French way: SNCF (the French railway monopoly) was on strike so we had to take a bus instead.

Mountain Boarding In Toulouse

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Mountain Boarding in Toulouse with Emma and Arnaud. Toulouse is a lovely and sunny city near the Pyrenees profiting from Southern France’s mild climate.

Aubusson, Limousin, France

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We stayed four months in Aubusson, Limousin, to finish our newest manuscript, a thriller. Aubusson was an ideal place for us. There is only some 5000 inhabitants and nothing to see.

Hippie Cheese - The Secret Of Goat Cheese

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Visiting a goat farm and learning how to make delicious goat cheese. Some forty years ago a group of people decided to return to nature and leave big cities, mainly Paris.

Building An Ecohouse (Passive) in Franche-Comté

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Buiding an eco-house from straw bales in Héricourt, Franche-Comté, France. Passive energy, using recycled rain water and green materials. Our friends Thomas and Li are constructing an ecological house of straw bales in Héricourt in the province of Franche-Comté, France. We helped them doing all kinds of construction work without much prior building experience and got hands-on with ecological challenges.