On 9th September 2001, I was living at home in the box room, single, working in a crappy office job day dreaming about travelling and working abroad. The events that day proved life is to short and made me work towards my dream, which I achieved. I went overseas, made new friends and fell in love.
Now after watching all news coverage today, I took time to reevaluate my life - I'm back living at home in the box room, single, working in another crappy office job still day dreaming about travelling but the dream is to own my own home and lots of visits to France....and a certain film festival.
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label France. Show all posts
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Bastille Day & I get an 'A'...
...For my Travel and Tourism assignment on Provence - I hope all the information is correct...but who cares I got an 'A' !!!!
Assignment 8
Select any popular holiday destination and describe what makes that destination popular with incoming tourists.
Overview
In this assignment I will be looking at the area of Provence, southern France to find out what makes this destination popular with tourists.
Introduction
A destination is the end product of a journey and can be a country or an area such as a town, a city or a tourist attraction, for example a theme park or a museum. Provence is a popular choice for visitors and is situated in the south of France. This 25,851 square kilometre area has a population of around 2,603,500 people (Lonely Planet February 2009) and offers the visitor more than one destination.
It’s capital is Marseille, France’s oldest city (founded by the Greeks in 600BC) and the second biggest French city after Paris with a population of over 860, 363 inhabitants as stated on www.Marseille.fr, the official website for the city of Marseille. The city is also France’s largest port situated between the Mediterranean Sea Basin and the southern French countryside. This city attracted around four million tourists in 2010 producing over 700 million euros in revenue and 12,000 jobs within the tourism industry (www.Marseille.fr).
Selling points and visitor attractions
Provence’s main selling points are climate and location situated by the Mediterranean sea, it’s summer months are usually hot and dry with an average temperature of 24°C and mild winters with an average temperature of 8 -9°C. It’s various landscapes can cater for most tourist preferences as Provence’s boarders consists of the French countryside and 57 kilometres of coastline overlooking the Mediterranean sea, and the historical cities of Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Arles and Marseille draw in visitors who prefer city breaks to the countryside and coast.
Provence covers all types of accommodation from youth hostels to five star hotels. On its official tourism website www.visitprovence.com there are 1280 accommodations listed, they include hotels, bed and breakfasts, camp sites, youth hostels, and self carting holiday homes (gites) and holiday villages suitable for any tourist for example the business traveller staying in a hotel in the business area of Marseille, a student looking for cheap accommdation (youth hostels), a visitor who wants to travel with their dog and wishes to stay in a ‘pets welcome hotel’, to a family staying at a Holiday Resort for example the Village Pont Royal en Provence in Luberon between Aix-en Provence and Avignon which offers acitiviies such as golf, horse riding and children’s clubs.
History and culture is a factor used to sell Provence to the world, its cities, towns and villages have interesting pieces of architecture and history for example the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), a gothic palace built 1335–1364 in Avignon and the town of Salon de Provence who utilises its connection with Nostradamus (famous for his prophecies) who lived and is buried in Salon de Provence. His house is now a museum, and for four days every summer, the city celebrates their connection with him attracting tourists. Arles connection with the painter Van Gogh helps raise the city’s profile, preserving areas and offering tours to where he painted his famous work and the city hosts art exhibitions at the former hospital where Van Gough had his ear stitched back on. With Marseille there is the Chateau d'If, a fortress off the coast of Marseille whose history is linked to Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo made famous by Alexandre Dumas book. This multicultural city of 111 quarters offers a wide range of cultural events and places to visit. The city has 17 museums, and 42 theatres plus international events such as: the Foire de Marseille (international trade fair), Fiesta des Suds (world music festival), the International Documentary Film Festival, and the five Continents Jazz Festival. As well as sight sighting, Provence offers other activities such as theme parks, zoos, riding stables, water sports for example diving in Marseille and sailing in Fos de Mer and areas of interest for walking and cycling tours thought the countryside (which the tourist board offers maps and routes).
Provence’s shopping facilities consist of ‘High Street’ stores avaiable in the bigger cities of Provence and there are American style shopping malls suitated on the outskirts of some of the towns. Also France is famous for it’s markets and Provence’s Bric- a- Bric and second hand stalls can draw in tourists looking for an authentic french souveuir for example: the calissons of Aix en Provence, olive oil from Camargue and lavender products. Also arts and crafts made by local people are a popular choice with tourists and some of the artists advertise their work on www.visitprovence.com.
France is world famous for it gastronomy and specialist cookery holidays are available in Provence for people wishing to learn French cooking for example the holiday company Provence Cooking Tours offers holidays which include cooking lessons, sight sighing and wine tours. Provence’s restaurants range from fast food, bistros, cafes and international food. Each city is different, Marseille has a multicultural variety of restaurants including French, Indian, Antillean, Thai, Tunisian and Italian where has Avignon’s Place de l’Horloge is a group of cafes popular with tourists. Information about the area’s top restaurants rated by one of the four main French good food guides (Michelin, Gault et Millau, Champérard and Bottin Gourmand) can be seen on www.visitprovence.com. Nightlife is mainly situated in the cities, Marseille has a variety of nightclubs, pubs and music cafes were as Aix-en-Provence has a large student population (30,000 students study at the Univerite de Provence Aix Marseille) so some of the bars and restaurants are more affordable and have a large student clientele.
Transport
Twenty seven kilometres northwest from Marseille and twenthy six kilometres south from Aix-en-Provence, Marseille-Provence airport is France’s third busiest airport outside Paris dealing with 7.3 million passengers a year (2009) with direct routes to sixty eight cities in twenty one countries. In September 2006 the airport’s second terminal opened - mp2. This terminal deals with mainly low cost airlines and flights from the UK and Ireland included daily flights to and from London with British Airways, Air France, Easyjet and Ryanair. The airport is easily accessible by road and the airport train station - Marseille Provence Airport Train Station is a five minute drive away and the airport offers a free shuttle bus routes between the station and airport. Forty one trains run daily thought the airport station to various parts of Provence. The airport also offers a daily bus service to and from Marseille train station, Aix-en-Provence and Salon- de- Provence. Marseille St Charles train station which gives easy access to other parts of Provence as well as France and Europe. The TGV train service from Paris only takes three hours and with the Channel Tunnel, Eurostar offers direct routes from London to Avignon during the summer seasons, which is only a thirty mintue train journey away from Marseille.
There are public bus services running in and between Provence’s cities and towns and within Marseille alone there are three public transport networks, two metro lines, two tramway lines and eighty five bus routes and for the tourist who chooses to travel by car there are fifteen public car parks within the city centre.
Marseilles port’s, the Grand Port Maritime main use is for fishing however it is also used as a stop over for cruise ships and is the biggest cruise port in France. In 2009 Marseille welcomed 2.07 million passengers by sea and 630,000 were cruise passengers who travelled on the thirty cruise lines which docked in Marseille, this figure rose to 700,000 in 2010 and is expected to rise to over one million passengers by 2012. As well as the cruise ships and fishing, the port is also used on a daily and weekly ferries from Sardinia, Tunisia and Corsica.
Tourist information
There are around seventy -five tourist information offices in Provence and most cities and towns have a least one office (Marseille and Arles have two). These places have their own websites as well as the smaller areas for example the small commue of Miramas. These websites offer general information on that particular area and include an selection on the tourism and events they offer. With the bigger cities such as Marseille it offers a website dedicated to the city’s tourism. The number of potential visitor using the internet as a source of information when researching a holiday is increasing at a huge pace and these tourism departments have to keep their websites and search engines constantly up to date with future events and current prices.
Conclusion
Provence can cater for any tourist ranging from business travellers, families and tourists wanting a weekend city break. To improve it’s profile in 2013 Marseille will belong the European city of Culture jointly with the Slovak city of Kosice. During this year the city will host a wide range of cultural events, exhibitions, concerts and festivals boosting it’s Marseille’s tourism income. Then in 2016, France will host the European Football Championship and Marseille’s Football Club’s renovated Velodrome Stadium with host 67,00 football fans bringing in more tourists and money to Provence.
Words 1,508
Bibliography
Books
Lonely Planet - France 8th Edition Published February 2009
Book 5 - Tourist destinations
Websites
http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/
http://www.visitprovence.com/
http://www.marseille.fr/
http://www.mrsairport.com/
http://www.sncf.fr/
http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/index-en.html
http://www.provencecookingtours.com/
Assignment 8
Select any popular holiday destination and describe what makes that destination popular with incoming tourists.
Overview
In this assignment I will be looking at the area of Provence, southern France to find out what makes this destination popular with tourists.
Introduction
A destination is the end product of a journey and can be a country or an area such as a town, a city or a tourist attraction, for example a theme park or a museum. Provence is a popular choice for visitors and is situated in the south of France. This 25,851 square kilometre area has a population of around 2,603,500 people (Lonely Planet February 2009) and offers the visitor more than one destination.
It’s capital is Marseille, France’s oldest city (founded by the Greeks in 600BC) and the second biggest French city after Paris with a population of over 860, 363 inhabitants as stated on www.Marseille.fr, the official website for the city of Marseille. The city is also France’s largest port situated between the Mediterranean Sea Basin and the southern French countryside. This city attracted around four million tourists in 2010 producing over 700 million euros in revenue and 12,000 jobs within the tourism industry (www.Marseille.fr).
Selling points and visitor attractions
Provence’s main selling points are climate and location situated by the Mediterranean sea, it’s summer months are usually hot and dry with an average temperature of 24°C and mild winters with an average temperature of 8 -9°C. It’s various landscapes can cater for most tourist preferences as Provence’s boarders consists of the French countryside and 57 kilometres of coastline overlooking the Mediterranean sea, and the historical cities of Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Arles and Marseille draw in visitors who prefer city breaks to the countryside and coast.
Provence covers all types of accommodation from youth hostels to five star hotels. On its official tourism website www.visitprovence.com there are 1280 accommodations listed, they include hotels, bed and breakfasts, camp sites, youth hostels, and self carting holiday homes (gites) and holiday villages suitable for any tourist for example the business traveller staying in a hotel in the business area of Marseille, a student looking for cheap accommdation (youth hostels), a visitor who wants to travel with their dog and wishes to stay in a ‘pets welcome hotel’, to a family staying at a Holiday Resort for example the Village Pont Royal en Provence in Luberon between Aix-en Provence and Avignon which offers acitiviies such as golf, horse riding and children’s clubs.
History and culture is a factor used to sell Provence to the world, its cities, towns and villages have interesting pieces of architecture and history for example the Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes), a gothic palace built 1335–1364 in Avignon and the town of Salon de Provence who utilises its connection with Nostradamus (famous for his prophecies) who lived and is buried in Salon de Provence. His house is now a museum, and for four days every summer, the city celebrates their connection with him attracting tourists. Arles connection with the painter Van Gogh helps raise the city’s profile, preserving areas and offering tours to where he painted his famous work and the city hosts art exhibitions at the former hospital where Van Gough had his ear stitched back on. With Marseille there is the Chateau d'If, a fortress off the coast of Marseille whose history is linked to Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo made famous by Alexandre Dumas book. This multicultural city of 111 quarters offers a wide range of cultural events and places to visit. The city has 17 museums, and 42 theatres plus international events such as: the Foire de Marseille (international trade fair), Fiesta des Suds (world music festival), the International Documentary Film Festival, and the five Continents Jazz Festival. As well as sight sighting, Provence offers other activities such as theme parks, zoos, riding stables, water sports for example diving in Marseille and sailing in Fos de Mer and areas of interest for walking and cycling tours thought the countryside (which the tourist board offers maps and routes).
Provence’s shopping facilities consist of ‘High Street’ stores avaiable in the bigger cities of Provence and there are American style shopping malls suitated on the outskirts of some of the towns. Also France is famous for it’s markets and Provence’s Bric- a- Bric and second hand stalls can draw in tourists looking for an authentic french souveuir for example: the calissons of Aix en Provence, olive oil from Camargue and lavender products. Also arts and crafts made by local people are a popular choice with tourists and some of the artists advertise their work on www.visitprovence.com.
France is world famous for it gastronomy and specialist cookery holidays are available in Provence for people wishing to learn French cooking for example the holiday company Provence Cooking Tours offers holidays which include cooking lessons, sight sighing and wine tours. Provence’s restaurants range from fast food, bistros, cafes and international food. Each city is different, Marseille has a multicultural variety of restaurants including French, Indian, Antillean, Thai, Tunisian and Italian where has Avignon’s Place de l’Horloge is a group of cafes popular with tourists. Information about the area’s top restaurants rated by one of the four main French good food guides (Michelin, Gault et Millau, Champérard and Bottin Gourmand) can be seen on www.visitprovence.com. Nightlife is mainly situated in the cities, Marseille has a variety of nightclubs, pubs and music cafes were as Aix-en-Provence has a large student population (30,000 students study at the Univerite de Provence Aix Marseille) so some of the bars and restaurants are more affordable and have a large student clientele.
Transport
Twenty seven kilometres northwest from Marseille and twenthy six kilometres south from Aix-en-Provence, Marseille-Provence airport is France’s third busiest airport outside Paris dealing with 7.3 million passengers a year (2009) with direct routes to sixty eight cities in twenty one countries. In September 2006 the airport’s second terminal opened - mp2. This terminal deals with mainly low cost airlines and flights from the UK and Ireland included daily flights to and from London with British Airways, Air France, Easyjet and Ryanair. The airport is easily accessible by road and the airport train station - Marseille Provence Airport Train Station is a five minute drive away and the airport offers a free shuttle bus routes between the station and airport. Forty one trains run daily thought the airport station to various parts of Provence. The airport also offers a daily bus service to and from Marseille train station, Aix-en-Provence and Salon- de- Provence. Marseille St Charles train station which gives easy access to other parts of Provence as well as France and Europe. The TGV train service from Paris only takes three hours and with the Channel Tunnel, Eurostar offers direct routes from London to Avignon during the summer seasons, which is only a thirty mintue train journey away from Marseille.
There are public bus services running in and between Provence’s cities and towns and within Marseille alone there are three public transport networks, two metro lines, two tramway lines and eighty five bus routes and for the tourist who chooses to travel by car there are fifteen public car parks within the city centre.
Marseilles port’s, the Grand Port Maritime main use is for fishing however it is also used as a stop over for cruise ships and is the biggest cruise port in France. In 2009 Marseille welcomed 2.07 million passengers by sea and 630,000 were cruise passengers who travelled on the thirty cruise lines which docked in Marseille, this figure rose to 700,000 in 2010 and is expected to rise to over one million passengers by 2012. As well as the cruise ships and fishing, the port is also used on a daily and weekly ferries from Sardinia, Tunisia and Corsica.
Tourist information
There are around seventy -five tourist information offices in Provence and most cities and towns have a least one office (Marseille and Arles have two). These places have their own websites as well as the smaller areas for example the small commue of Miramas. These websites offer general information on that particular area and include an selection on the tourism and events they offer. With the bigger cities such as Marseille it offers a website dedicated to the city’s tourism. The number of potential visitor using the internet as a source of information when researching a holiday is increasing at a huge pace and these tourism departments have to keep their websites and search engines constantly up to date with future events and current prices.
Conclusion
Provence can cater for any tourist ranging from business travellers, families and tourists wanting a weekend city break. To improve it’s profile in 2013 Marseille will belong the European city of Culture jointly with the Slovak city of Kosice. During this year the city will host a wide range of cultural events, exhibitions, concerts and festivals boosting it’s Marseille’s tourism income. Then in 2016, France will host the European Football Championship and Marseille’s Football Club’s renovated Velodrome Stadium with host 67,00 football fans bringing in more tourists and money to Provence.
Words 1,508
Bibliography
Books
Lonely Planet - France 8th Edition Published February 2009
Book 5 - Tourist destinations
Websites
http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/
http://www.visitprovence.com/
http://www.marseille.fr/
http://www.mrsairport.com/
http://www.sncf.fr/
http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/index-en.html
http://www.provencecookingtours.com/
Sunday, 15 May 2011
My Art... art/kunst/arte
Number 14 - Become an artist and show my work in Cannes. A few dashes of paint and I can call it art!……or maybe show my version of art….
A stadium of 69,999 and me hanging onto Jon Bon Jovi’s every word.
I call this masterpiece on the left 'Perfection'.
Cannes - everything about it!
The views, the stars, the posers, the wannabes - just being there!
Hugs
Morning sun shining on the person I love sleeping beside me.
Ibiza - sunsets, beaches, Ibiza Town, Bora Bora even the West End.
Chocolat Chaud in Salon de Provence.
The French's obsession with bread.
St Martin.
Sunsets with Monsieur X , Monsieur X singing when ‘happy drunk’
A stadium of 69,999 and me hanging onto Jon Bon Jovi’s every word.
I call this masterpiece on the left 'Perfection'.
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| & his seagulls |
Cannes - everything about it!
The views, the stars, the posers, the wannabes - just being there!
Hugs
Morning sun shining on the person I love sleeping beside me.
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| New Year in the French Alps |
Ibiza - sunsets, beaches, Ibiza Town, Bora Bora even the West End.
Cyrus the Virus - my favourite movie character of all time.
The French's obsession with bread.
St Martin.
Sunsets with Monsieur X , Monsieur X singing when ‘happy drunk’
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| Mount Eta |
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| Sicily by night |
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Last Night's Lesson......
….the last one before my exam.
Only 6 in the class this week, I wonder who will actually bother to turn up for next week's test apart from me and the old guy who has never missed a lesson. Le Cors Humain ce soir and revision of everything learnt over the last 8 months……along with lots of negatives. I'm finding it hard to be positive with all these ‘ne pas’…but I did learn Je suis fatigue et J’ai mal a la tete as my head was spinning last night because my teacher was cramming as much as her could into our very small brains before next Tuesday.
Bonne nuit everyone I need to rest mon tete before it explodes….another sentence I learnt ‘Je veux un ventre plat’...start again tomorrow for that.
Only 6 in the class this week, I wonder who will actually bother to turn up for next week's test apart from me and the old guy who has never missed a lesson. Le Cors Humain ce soir and revision of everything learnt over the last 8 months……along with lots of negatives. I'm finding it hard to be positive with all these ‘ne pas’…but I did learn Je suis fatigue et J’ai mal a la tete as my head was spinning last night because my teacher was cramming as much as her could into our very small brains before next Tuesday.
Bonne nuit everyone I need to rest mon tete before it explodes….another sentence I learnt ‘Je veux un ventre plat’...start again tomorrow for that.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Le Petit Monchoirs - J’adore Cap Ferret
Back in September 2009, I went to visit Monsieur X, in another beautiful part of France, Lege Cap Ferret. During my stay, filming of Les Petit Mouchoirs/Little White Lies was happening, and we did spent a few days cycling around the area looking out for the film set. All we found were high fences, people claiming to be friends or family of the actors or working on the film and two restaurants with friendly staff and excellent service and food all within my price range:
So Phare Away, 32, avenue Nord du Phare 33950 Lege Cap Ferret (06 70 93 59 79)
mmmmmm
Le Café Phare, 2 rue de la poste, Lege cap Ferret.
lecaféduphare@yahoo.fr
Taken in 2009, the cafe has been renovated since.
I have waited 18 months for this film to be shown in the UK and it was worth it. Of course I loved the scenery but the story are excellent as well. It was about friendship and secrets showing all the characters highs and lows and it wasn’t mushy like most American and British friendship/love story films and very funny. François Cluzet was excellent has weasel hating stress head Max and Gilles Lellouche who played Eric is now my favourite Frenchie of the moment. To any one who has seen this film, how many people to you think are actually trying the ’love/hate rice test'. I did think about it but I don’t think using Uncle Ben’s Microwave rice would work.
My Photos - 2009
Friday, 22 April 2011
Bien dans sa peau!
I want to be comfortable in my own skin, but after my fitness class this week, comfortable is the last word I would use to describe my body. My legs hurt like hell, no pain no gain is more a English point of view than a European one I think. During this hour of squatting, sit-ups and other forms of torture, my mind started to wonder to the other side of the English Channel again.
More ways to get to Cannes - exercise related.
8. Walk: Calais - Cannes do it for Charity and get sponsored - Everyone’s a winner!! Apart from my feet.
9. Cycle to Cannes : I did find http://www.cycle2cannes.org .....mmmm maybe next year.
Ok I would be lying if I said Frenchmen were not a big factor in my love of France, and I took these comments about me being fat and ugly to heart and after crying in my pillow for a week, I went on a fitness regime. The wrong attitude to take at the time but maybe it was the kick up my fat backside I needed to start taking care of myself and my love of food is stronger than their comments so there was no chance of me developing an eating disorder. Now I work out (and moan about it) and eat healthy (most of the time) for myself not for anyone else.
I begged to differ with these views. Ok He is right with the ugly point but the fat issue - NON! I’m 35, a size 10, I weigh 55kg and I have a Wii-fit body age 27 today (ok couldn’t really believe the Wii - last weekend my Wii- age was 49!) . The past two months have been crazy starting a new job, controlling my feelings for Monsieur X and living on microwave meals for a month while waiting for the new kitchen to be installed. So I have lost 6kgs already and I don’t need to lose anymore weight but toning up would help.
But that will be after this weekend of oeufs en chocolat! lol
My mind is wondering - part 2
10. Actually go to the gym instead of looking at my gym membership card thinking ‘I should go’. So that:
11. I look and feel good so that another Frenchman might invite me to Cannes.
I’m drifting off into bizarre world - give me CHOCOLAT!!! FEED THE MACHINE!!
Happy Easter!
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Numero Sept - leçons de François
There is no point in me dreaming about spending time in France visiting new areas and learning about the country’s history and culture if I don’t speak the language. I might know my Marseilles from my Miramas and my Cantonas from my Ginolas but it’s not going to help when I need to ask for directions or to start a conversation.
I started a beginners course back in September, every Tuesday night. I’m on lesson 24 and slowly understanding the basics ( my French teacher is very patient). I find it easier to understand the French language by reading and writing than speaking, but I think that’s just a lack of confidence. No lesson tonight or next week as it’s Easter holiday, but as my exam is in four weeks, I should be revising instead of blogging…oh well I will revise demain. I welcome any ideas which could help me with my revision.
No seriously, I going to work very hard at mastering the French language or at least string a sentence together. These evening classes are my fourth attempt to learn. First attempt was at school, I hated it and learnt nothing. Second was when Monsieur X tried to teach me and that would turn into an argument ‘its la not le!!’ he would moan and the third attempt was last summer, when I worked in an office on my own, it’s a lot easier talking to a book than murdering the French language in front of a French person.
So I hope my fourth attempt is more successful and with extra help from pod casts, films, listening to Virgin Radio France via my iPhone on my walk to work and my BBC language books (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ ), they are all petit steps to start off with and I hope at least by the end of the year I can write a blog page in French, without the aid of online translator.
I started a beginners course back in September, every Tuesday night. I’m on lesson 24 and slowly understanding the basics ( my French teacher is very patient). I find it easier to understand the French language by reading and writing than speaking, but I think that’s just a lack of confidence. No lesson tonight or next week as it’s Easter holiday, but as my exam is in four weeks, I should be revising instead of blogging…oh well I will revise demain. I welcome any ideas which could help me with my revision.
No seriously, I going to work very hard at mastering the French language or at least string a sentence together. These evening classes are my fourth attempt to learn. First attempt was at school, I hated it and learnt nothing. Second was when Monsieur X tried to teach me and that would turn into an argument ‘its la not le!!’ he would moan and the third attempt was last summer, when I worked in an office on my own, it’s a lot easier talking to a book than murdering the French language in front of a French person.
So I hope my fourth attempt is more successful and with extra help from pod casts, films, listening to Virgin Radio France via my iPhone on my walk to work and my BBC language books (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ ), they are all petit steps to start off with and I hope at least by the end of the year I can write a blog page in French, without the aid of online translator.
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Why France? Why now?
‘You’re fat, you’re not photogenic and you’re bad in bed’ May 2010 - those of the words of Monsieur X, a day after I arrived back in Bored-ville after spending a week at the Cannes Film Festival with him and after travelling 31 hours by coach, train, ferry and then night train to get there, because my outbound flight was cancelled at the last minute. Merci Eyjafjallajokull !!!! I was so determined and excited no volcano was going to stop me!
I have know Monsieur X for nearly seven years now and he is a man who I love and care about. He is my big crush, mentor and one of my best friends. Over the past few years I have enjoyed visiting him in different parts of France, beautiful parts of France and my love for him and his country have grown. From his words its easy to notice that he does not feel the same way about me. C’est la vie!!!!!
Now Monsieur X has a girlfriend and is happily in love with her. So the purpose of this blog to for me to move on and focus on three of my hobbies - TRAVEL, FILM and FRANCE. I must get the idea in to my little brain that I can enjoy all things French without him. It’s got to be more interesting than looking at Monsieur X’s Facebook page or waiting for my phone to ring.
I have know Monsieur X for nearly seven years now and he is a man who I love and care about. He is my big crush, mentor and one of my best friends. Over the past few years I have enjoyed visiting him in different parts of France, beautiful parts of France and my love for him and his country have grown. From his words its easy to notice that he does not feel the same way about me. C’est la vie!!!!!
Now Monsieur X has a girlfriend and is happily in love with her. So the purpose of this blog to for me to move on and focus on three of my hobbies - TRAVEL, FILM and FRANCE. I must get the idea in to my little brain that I can enjoy all things French without him. It’s got to be more interesting than looking at Monsieur X’s Facebook page or waiting for my phone to ring.
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