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Archive for November, 2008

Ice cream – Paradis sur Mer!

Posted in France, French Holidays, French beaches, French food, French shops, Made in France, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

La Tranche Sur Mer, on the Atlantic Coast of France, is one of those typically Euro beach destinations: lots of camping grounds, men who think it’s okay to terrify the female public by strutting around in a pair of form-revealing speedos, kids dragging giant inflatable animal-shaped float-aids along the street and lots and lots of ice cream shops. [...]

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Un puits sans fond

Posted in France, France in photos, French, French music, Language, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This sign hangs outside a Chambres d’Hôte or B&B on the Ile de Ré. What I love most about this is the name:
La Maison du puits sans fond
Roughly translated, that means The House of the Bottomless Well. It sounds like a fairy story waiting to be written. Sadly, when you look up a dictionary definition, [...]

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