Tag Archives: France

Photo diary – Three days in Poitou-Charentes

Posted on 19/06/2013 by

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 →

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Travel Facts#2: In the footsteps of Napoleon!

Posted on 20/05/2013 by

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 →

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Travel Facts#1: Cognac

Posted on 15/05/2013 by

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 →

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Aix – a kinder pace of life

Posted on 13/05/2013 by

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 →

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The Great French Blogger Relay!

Posted on 10/05/2013 by

   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 →

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What are you looking at?

Posted on 19/02/2013 by

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 →

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On top of the world in Cordes-sur-Ciel

Posted on 13/02/2013 by

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 →

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On Top of the World at the Pic du Midi

Posted on 06/02/2013 by

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 →

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In the Frame – Near the Bastille Bubble, Grenoble

Posted on 31/01/2013 by

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 →

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An Englishman Abroad: Simon Scott

Posted on 21/01/2013 by

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 →

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