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Archive - July 2010

French Bakeries

I love French bakeries. There is one at every corner and they all carry fresh bread, croissants, pains au chocolat and pains aux raisin. They also have their specialties, from elaborate cakes to...

St Nazaire

For our last week-end in France, Feng and I went back on the Atlantic coast. We spent a few days with my family and left to explore St Nazaire, a few kilometers away. The town isn't pretty: it was...

Nantes By Night

I love cities by night. Most change a lot and reveal a totally different atmosphere -- it's like traveling. I've already shown you snapshots of Ottawa by night, Toronto, London, Paris... Here is...

Paris By Night

Sunset is around 10:30 pm in France right now and with the summer heat, we had plenty of time and motivation to roam around Paris at night. I have my favorite spots, they are not so original but they...

London By Night

Aren't cities at night truly beautiful?
London didn't disappoint. Lots of lights, lots of sights, lots of amazing skylines coming alive before our eyes after sunset. Next, Paris and Nantes again...

Oh-So-British

London was a great surprise to me. I had been to England many times as a teen, first by taking the ferry across the channel and later by the Eurostar train. England to me was buying "crips" with...

The Tube

The tube, the subway, the underground... London wouldn't be London without it, no matter how you call it. I usually have a love/ hate relationship with subways: while they are often the most...

The London Eye

The last time I was in London, not including multiples transfers at Heathrow airport, was in 1998. I had never seen the London Eye, the giant Ferris wheel set up in the capital to celebrate the...