The New Zealand Way
Blog4NZ 21 to 23 March 2011 I know you have all subscribed to a blog about French travel. However, following the tragic events of the last three weeks, my attentions have been drawn to the heartache...
View ArticleThe Smell of Paradise – New Zealand
Frederic Geffroy from Paris is a young Frenchman who has a strong connection with New Zealand. After reading about the Blog4NZ campaign to promote NZ tourism he wanted to write his own article in order...
View ArticlePacking your Bags!
I’m off to Europe for three weeks, what am I supposed to pack? This is a question that is being asked everyday by people heading off on holiday. In fact at this time of the year I have many hundreds of...
View ArticleThe Cannes Film Festival: a Cinematic Pilgrimage
Sarah Reese reports directly from the red carpet in Cannes, as she fulfils a childhood dream of being at this prestigious film festival. A fortnight ago the French town of Cannes rolled out the red...
View ArticleFaites de la Musique!
This year’s Fête de la Musique has dawned upon us once again. Each year on June 21 over one hundred countries in the northern hemisphere band together in one big fat musical fiesta to celebrate the...
View ArticleRugby World Cup 2012 – in France
The Rugby World Cup mounts to its ultimate crescendo and conclusion. New Zealand to face France in the final match of the Rugby World Cup in Auckland. I am writing this from Christchurch, where despite...
View ArticleHitler’s morning off in Paris.
It is early morning on 23rd June 1940. Paris has been occupied for over a week. An armistice was signed in the same railway carriage, at the same spot in the Forest of Compiègne where Foch had imposed...
View ArticleEdith Piaf – The Sparrow and the Rose
I sit on a bench on Place des Abbesses in Paris. There is a colourful merry-go-round in the centre of this autumn- leaf covered square in the heart of Montmartre, Paris. A young Parisian is sitting on...
View ArticleRemembering Christchurch
Life on the other side of the world in New Zealand is quietly perfect. New Zealanders read their newspapers and watch their TV news broadcasts of shattering international events. Tsunamis in Asia,...
View ArticleNancy Wake – the woman who even scared Hitler!
Guts, steely determination, bravery and drinking skills characterised this amazing woman from NZ and Australia, who was at one stage Hitler’s most wanted woman. On the 30 August this year it will be...
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