France http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/france.php en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Paris, France, Europe 11-16 Feb 2008 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/paris_france_europe_11_16_feb_2008 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:22:48 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 833@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <p><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Paris200802&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Paris200802/images/Arc_de_Triomphe_de_l'Etoile01.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a><br /> <img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/gif/WorldHeritage.gif" align="right" /><br /> We have been to Paris many times, and on this occasion we were on our way back to Hong Kong from Bueons Aires (Argentina), stopping over Paris for a few days to see friends and relax a bit before heading back to Hong Kong's busy lifestyle</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/paris_france_europe_11_16_feb_2008">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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We have been to Paris many times, and on this occasion we were on our way back to Hong Kong from Bueons Aires (Argentina), stopping over Paris for a few days to see friends and relax a bit before heading back to Hong Kong's busy lifestyle

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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/paris_france_europe_11_16_feb_2008#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=833 Chartres, France, Europe, 13 Feb 2008 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/chartres_france_europe_13_feb_2008 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:32:13 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 834@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <p><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Chartres200802&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Chartres200802/images/Notre_Dame_Cathedrale051.JPG" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a><br /> <img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/gif/WorldHeritage.gif" align="right" /></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/chartres_france_europe_13_feb_2008">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/chartres_france_europe_13_feb_2008#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=834 Lyon, France, Europe, 20 Apr - 5 May 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2007 Sat, 05 May 2007 09:25:29 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 04 World heritage 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 578@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <p><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Lyon_Bleu2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Lyon_Bleu2007/images/Lyon_Bleu23.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a><br /> <img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/gif/WorldHeritage.gif" align="right" /><br /> We went to Lyon and took on a 2-week course at Lyon Bleu International, a small friendly French language school near the central area of Lyon. We heard about this school from a former teacher who now lives in Hong Kong. We had a fun 2-week and met many nice classmates from Germany, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Sweden etc. Adding multimedia elements like music and movie to the traditional teaching, we think this is something in between our Paris School (very interactive and more practice on spoken French) and the Antibes School (more traditional teaching). Paris is a busy capital with many interesting things to offer, and Lyon is more relax, cleaner and nice in many other ways.</p> <p>The school helped us to find the accommodation and the rate was quite reasonable and included breakfast and wifi access. The room was pretty decent with ensuite toilet, shower, kitchen facilities. It was also within walking distance (20 minutes on foot) from the school.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2007">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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We went to Lyon and took on a 2-week course at Lyon Bleu International, a small friendly French language school near the central area of Lyon. We heard about this school from a former teacher who now lives in Hong Kong. We had a fun 2-week and met many nice classmates from Germany, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Sweden etc. Adding multimedia elements like music and movie to the traditional teaching, we think this is something in between our Paris School (very interactive and more practice on spoken French) and the Antibes School (more traditional teaching). Paris is a busy capital with many interesting things to offer, and Lyon is more relax, cleaner and nice in many other ways.

The school helped us to find the accommodation and the rate was quite reasonable and included breakfast and wifi access. The room was pretty decent with ensuite toilet, shower, kitchen facilities. It was also within walking distance (20 minutes on foot) from the school.

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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2007#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=578 Lyon, France, Europe, 20 Apr - 5 May 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2008 Sat, 05 May 2007 05:22:49 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 582@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <p><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Lyon-Apr-May2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Lyon-Apr-May2007/images/Place_Bellecour02.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a><br /> <img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/gif/WorldHeritage.gif" align="right" /><br /> Lyon is the second largest city in France, we decided to come to Lyon to do a 2-week language course on the recommendation of a French teacher whom we met in Hong Kong. We quite like the city, as it is not as busy (and stressful) as Paris, there is an old town which is both interesting and historical e.g Ancient churches, Roman Theatre, French Puppet (Guignol) etc. Lyonnais cuisine has it own unique offering, we had dinner at some well known restaurants like Orsi (Chef Perrie Orsi, nice and high-end restaurant), Brasserie Georges (nice and affordable) and Le Sud ("The South", also nice and affordable one of the restaurants by "The best chef in France" Paul Bocuse). Paul Bocuse's flagship restaurant is also in the outskirt of Lyon, we missed it this time.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2008">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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Lyon is the second largest city in France, we decided to come to Lyon to do a 2-week language course on the recommendation of a French teacher whom we met in Hong Kong. We quite like the city, as it is not as busy (and stressful) as Paris, there is an old town which is both interesting and historical e.g Ancient churches, Roman Theatre, French Puppet (Guignol) etc. Lyonnais cuisine has it own unique offering, we had dinner at some well known restaurants like Orsi (Chef Perrie Orsi, nice and high-end restaurant), Brasserie Georges (nice and affordable) and Le Sud ("The South", also nice and affordable one of the restaurants by "The best chef in France" Paul Bocuse). Paul Bocuse's flagship restaurant is also in the outskirt of Lyon, we missed it this time.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/lyon_france_europe_20_apr_5_may_2008#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=582 Tallories, France, Europe 29 Apr 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/tallories_france_europe_29_apr_2007 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:18:33 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 577@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <p><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Tallories-Apr2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Tallories-Apr2007/images/Talloires11.jpg" />Click photo to view album</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" />While we were staying at Annecy, we took this boat ride around the lake and stopped by Tallories which is a small town also by the lake side. We visited a small shop and met with the owner's family who appreciates oriental culture very much, and they have spent much time in places like India and Nepal.</p> <p>This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/tallories_france_europe_29_apr_2007">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Click photo to view album

While we were staying at Annecy, we took this boat ride around the lake and stopped by Tallories which is a small town also by the lake side. We visited a small shop and met with the owner's family who appreciates oriental culture very much, and they have spent much time in places like India and Nepal.

This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.

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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/tallories_france_europe_29_apr_2007#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=577 Annecy, France, Europe, 27-29 Apr 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/annecy_france_europe_27_29_apr_2007 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:45:54 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 576@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <table width="450"><tr><td><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Annecy-Apr2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="420" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Annecy-Apr2007/images/Annecy078.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a></td></tr></table> <p><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" />Annecy is a very beautiful city by the lake and there is a river that runs through it which gives a feel of Venice. There are many nice restaurants. There was a marathon while we were there. We enjoyed walking along the art market that is open every Sunday morning. We also took a very pleasant boat ride around the lake. It was very sunny weekend.</p> <p>This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.</p> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/annecy_france_europe_27_29_apr_2007">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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Annecy is a very beautiful city by the lake and there is a river that runs through it which gives a feel of Venice. There are many nice restaurants. There was a marathon while we were there. We enjoyed walking along the art market that is open every Sunday morning. We also took a very pleasant boat ride around the lake. It was very sunny weekend.

This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.

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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/annecy_france_europe_27_29_apr_2007#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=576 Dijon, France, Europe, 22 Apr 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/dijon_france_europe_22_apr_2007 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:59:11 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 575@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <table width="450"><tr><td><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Dijon-Apr2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Dijon-Apr2007/images/Place_de_la_Liberation03.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a></td></tr></table> <p><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><br /> We had a pretty relaxing time in Dijon visiting gardens and some pretty government buildings.</p> <p>This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/dijon_france_europe_22_apr_2007">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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We had a pretty relaxing time in Dijon visiting gardens and some pretty government buildings.

This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.

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]]> http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/dijon_france_europe_22_apr_2007#comments http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=575 Bourgogne, France, Europe, 21 Apr 2007 http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/bourgogne_france_europe_21_apr_2007 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:14:07 +0000 Leglessbird 04 World travel log France 01 Irene and Dominic 0 Travel in France 574@http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/ <table width="450"><tr><td><a href="http://www.leglessbird.com/cgi-bin/forum/travelalbum.cgi?boardname= Bourgogne-Apr2007&amp;direction=right&amp;messagenumber=1&amp;allbodyonly=1" target="new"><img width="450" src="http://www.leglessbird.com/travel/Europe/France/Bourgogne-Apr2007/images/Cote_de_Nuits10.jpg" /><br /> Click photo to view album</a></td></tr></table> <p><img src="http://www.leglessbird.com/flags/FranceFlag.gif" width="90" align="right" /><br /> Bourgogne is of course famous for its wine. Here we visited some wine yard and tasted some wine, we had a very knowledgeable local guide to explain to us and show us round. Learn more about what it means to be Grand Cru wine.</p> <p>This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://leglessbird.com/blog/blogs/travel.php/bourgogne_france_europe_21_apr_2007">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
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Bourgogne is of course famous for its wine. Here we visited some wine yard and tasted some wine, we had a very knowledgeable local guide to explain to us and show us round. Learn more about what it means to be Grand Cru wine.

This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

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