France travel stories

The Louvre

So, I'd only had a couple of hours sleep, I had a blinding headache, I felt somewhat sick and ravenously hungry and I had a head so lumpy it represented a very close rendition of the Himalayas ...

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Gay Paris but er, less of the gay - part II.

As I said earlier I have been in a fair number of fights and I did quite a bit of boxing when I was younger and one thing I was always commended on was the fact that I never ever lost my temper whe...

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Gay Paris but er, less of the gay - part I.

Well, so far I hadn't encountered any of the preconceived notions of France that I had expected to and I was a little disappointed. Where the hell were the onion salesmen on rusty bikes with t...

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Back from the Brink

To the cultured readers of these hallowed pages I would like to offer this little excerpt by way of apology for keeping you uninformed of the crazy travels of my former life. I know that it's b...

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Lille, France

Now Lille, in terms of size, was certainly more like it. It was my first real French city, the first real urban sprawl of my travels but I must admit, upon reflection, that it proved to be far fro...

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