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MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- Photo diary – Three days in Poitou-Charentes 19/06/2013Alexandra’s photo diary following three fab days in Poitou-Charentes…. Day One… Exploring the old port of La Rochelle… It’s unsurprising that La Rochelle is home to the most photographed harbours on France’s Atlantic coast…. Check into Entre Hôtes, full of classic French style – … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Travel Facts#2: Heads of State! 17/06/2013As tourists wander around Westminster absorbing the history of years, they stumble across King Charles 1st and Oliver Cromwell locked in each others’ sight for eternity. It is often thought that Cromwell’s statue – erected in 1899 to a design by Sir William Thornycroft - is avoiding the gaze of the … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken Not Stirred – “Lady In Red” By The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver 14/06/2013Embrace the sunset and the person you love with the latest little soupçon from Shaken Not Stirred. For us, the “Lady In Red” cocktail from The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is the prefect drink for the perfect summer’s evening. Ingredients: - 25ml Southern Comfort - … Continue reading →magellanstraits
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Photo diary – Three days in Poitou-Charentes
Alexandra’s photo diary following three fab days in Poitou-Charentes…. Day One… Exploring the old port of La Rochelle… It’s unsurprising that La Rochelle is home to the most photographed harbours on France’s Atlantic coast…. Check into Entre Hôtes, full of classic French style – … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes
Tagged Activities, Ancient Towers, Charente-Maritime, Cycling, Dancing with Robots, Days out, Destinations, France, Futuroscope, Hermione, History, Ile d'Aix, La Rochelle, Napoleon, Napoleonic Fortifications, Naval Town, Poitiers, Poitou, Poitou-Charentes, Rochefort, Theme Park, Travel
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Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon!
For anyone wanting to know more about Emperor Napoleon, surely there can be no more symbolic a place to visit than Aix Island, in Poitou-Charentes, France. Napoleon finally left French soil forever from Aix Island en route to his banishment … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes, Travel Facts
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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Travel Facts#1: Cognac
When visiting Cognac for the first time, one key point was gifted to me by the kind people at Courvoisier, “all cognacs are brandies but not all brandies are cognacs”! As you travel around Cognac, you can see how fiercely … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Lifestyle & Gastronomy, Poitou-Charentes, Travel Facts
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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Aix – a kinder pace of life
Have you ever visited somewhere that you immediately & instinctively loved and that you hoped would stay like that forever? Well, that place for me is Ile d’Aix in Poitou-Charentes, France. I will be returning very soon and I fervently … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Europe, Poitou-Charentes
Tagged Aix Island, Atlantic France, Emperor Napoleon, Fort Boyard, Fouras, France, Ile d'Aix, Napoleon, Poitou-Charentes
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The Great French Blogger Relay!
Magellan PR is proud to be working with CRT Poitou-Charentes for a unique European blogger marathon featuring nine experienced and talented blogger/photographers from three different countries – the UK, from The Netherlands and from Germany from 9th – 19th May … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Poitou-Charentes, UK
Tagged Atlantic France, Blogger relay, Bloggers, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poitou-Charentes, social media, Travel
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What are you looking at?
I like nothing better than people watching and this family intrigued not only me but EVERYONE who was walking around Cordes-Sur-Ciel in the Tarn Department of Midi-Pyrénées, France, in July 2012. Everyone stopped with them and stood staring too! What … Continue reading
Posted in Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn
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On top of the world in Cordes-sur-Ciel
When invited to visit a city in the clouds in the Tarn department of Midi-Pyrénées, it was as if my childhood fantasies were revisited – a medieval stronghold or bastide so high up, on occasion, it is hidden from view among … Continue reading
Posted in Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Medieval, Middle Ages, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Toulouse
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On Top of the World at the Pic du Midi
2,877 metres above sea level, the Pic du Midi is one of the few places where you can actually say ‘I’m on top of the world’ with genuine conviction! With views across the entire chain of the Pyrenees mountains, it is … Continue reading
Posted in ABTOF, Eco & Nature, Europe, Hotels & Resorts, Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged France, Midi-Pyrénées, Observatory, Pic du Midi
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In the Frame – Near the Bastille Bubble, Grenoble
I snapped this photo rapidly by reflex whilst waiting for the Bastille Bubble cable car in Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France – wondering if it was even in focus. It has now become one of my favourite images, framed by the window of the … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, In The Frame, Midi-Pyrénées
Tagged Bastille Bubble, Chartreuse Mountains, Destinations, France, Grenoble, Mountains, Rhône-Alpes, Travel
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An Englishman Abroad: Simon Scott
At the time of visiting Le Bistrot Saveur in the town of Castres in Midi-Pyrénées’ Tarn Department this summer, Chef Simon Scott was the only English chef in France to have been awarded a Michelin star (given in 2009) and … Continue reading