by Papi | Aug 14, 2024 | France, Saint Nazaire
Bonjour la Famille et les Amis, Apparently I might be a flaneur – one who wanders aimlessly. I have been seeing references to the term in various expat publications so maybe the universe is sending me a message. Hence, I found myself being a flaneur as I wandered due...
by Papi | Jul 22, 2024 | France, Nantes
Bonjour la Famille et les Amis, Unlike my stop in Bordeaux, which was primarily due to the necessities of travel, my visit to Nantes was more the case of unfinished business. Like Bordeaux, Nantes had been part of my 2012 tour of the Atlantic coast of France....
by Papi | Jul 18, 2024 | Bordeaux, France
Bonjour la Famille et les Amis, Upon leaving Spain, my first stop – Bordeaux, the capital of the Nouvelle–Aquitaine region in France. I had visited Bordeaux previously, back in 2012 as part of my tour of the Atlantic coast of France. My reason for spending a couple of...
by Papi | Nov 8, 2022 | Biarritz, France
Bonjour la famille et les amis, It’s someday and the return of On the Flip Side. Allow me to explain. Early on in the 2010 movie, “Knight and Day”, Tom Cruise’s character tells Cameron Diaz’s character that someday is a dangerous word, a...
by Papi | Jun 3, 2017 | France, Paris
Bonjour la famille et les amis, Arrived in Paris, yesterday, Friday. With only a day and half to spend in Paris, what should one do? Some ten years ago, on my first visit to Paris, I was faced with the exact same decision – the only difference being I...
by Papi | Jun 1, 2017 | France, La Rochelle
Bonjour la famille et les amis, My last two days in La Rochelle and they were both exhausting and fun. Let’s start with the exhausting part. As I relayed in my last post, my feet were entering a mutinous state and so how did I respond yesterday, Wednesday....
