Let’s get the obvious question out of the way first. An imposing snow-crested dome, at 4808m, Mont Blanc is Europe’s highest peak and 30,000 climbers every year attempt to scale … Continue reading Fast and light around Mont Blanc
Category: France
#23 Monaco: A day in the fairytale land of the rich and famous
Let’s pose the inevitable question first: is Monaco a country? It seems to have quite a confused status as, variously, an independent principality, a city-state, a constitutional monarchy, a microstate, … Continue reading #23 Monaco: A day in the fairytale land of the rich and famous
#7 France: Food, fizz, chateaux and a certain je ne sais quoi
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust France for me has long been synonymous with Paris, perhaps my favourite … Continue reading #7 France: Food, fizz, chateaux and a certain je ne sais quoi
Champagne & shopping in Paris
GoosterontheLoose is now blogging from a little closer to home than usual. There will be more South American stories to follow; for now, a tiny titbit from the land of … Continue reading Champagne & shopping in Paris
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