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We'll probably take lots of pics so i'll post a few here. 
Were going to France!
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Posted 31 March 2005 - 10:55 PM
My family (and I) are going to France this summer! I just think that is sooooo coool!!! We'll probably take lots of pics so i'll post a few here.
We'll probably take lots of pics so i'll post a few here.
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 12:03 AM
That's neat.
I've never been there though.
I've never been there though.
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 12:38 AM
Matt Damon's going to be in France too! Maybe I'll run into him at the store. Lol
Maybe I'll run into him at the store. Lol
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 05:36 AM
France isn't that cool, they all speak French
(in which I suck really hard )
(in which I suck really hard
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 11:02 AM
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I am going to France tomorrow ... ah, but hang on ... I am in France
Where about are you going? Just Paris or will you discover the beauties of the South?
I really hope you'll enjoy it. It's a good choice anyway
I am going to France tomorrow ... ah, but hang on ... I am in France
Where about are you going? Just Paris or will you discover the beauties of the South?
I really hope you'll enjoy it. It's a good choice anyway
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 04:12 AM
Hmmm, Paris probably, i'd like to visit Normandy though. Is the Eiffel Tower cool?
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 09:49 AM
France .... its just the same old thingies
Come to Norway ... snow, skiing, lots of hot girls ... everything you ever wanted =)
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 09:55 AM
Curufinwe, on Apr 1 2005, 01:02 PM, said:
I am going to France tomorrow ... ah, but hang on ... I am in France
French really don't have a sense of humour.
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Posted 03 April 2005 - 02:56 PM
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and yes, the Eiffel Tower (if you dare going to the very top floor) is über cool, if it is not too foggy or too poluted
and yes, the Eiffel Tower (if you dare going to the very top floor) is über cool, if it is not too foggy or too poluted
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Posted 03 April 2005 - 10:14 PM
TheCobra1, on Apr 2 2005, 05:12 AM, said:
Hmmm, Paris probably, i'd like to visit Normandy though. Is the Eiffel Tower cool?
While you're in Normandy you could also pay a visit to Brittany to check out the dolmens.
Oh, one thing I really recommend in Normandy are those little islands of which I can't remember the name
. Maybe Curu knows? Mont St. Michel is pretty cool too but it's very very crowded. The coastline is quite nice, many old WW2 bunkers (the Atlantic Wall) and a nice rocky shoreline.Oh, and Lille isn't that for from Normandy either. It's a typical Flemish town (but in France) and very beautiful. Really worth paying a visit, especially for the architectural beauty, nice food (Flemish and French, best food in the world combined
) and great shops (especially for music instruments).
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Posted 04 April 2005 - 10:34 AM
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Well, what the French call the "îles anglo-normandes" (the Channel Islands for the English) are a remnant from the Norman invasion ...
Anyway, I went to one of them: Guernsey ... it is very pleasant, but it is quite small, and part from Victor Hugo's house, there is not much to see
Mount St Michel is beautiful, but as Klaas said, it is very crowded ... Avranches is great, but for another reason. There is the museum of WW2 and it is really something to see. Of course, you need a lot of time in France to see all that!
Well, what the French call the "îles anglo-normandes" (the Channel Islands for the English) are a remnant from the Norman invasion ...
Anyway, I went to one of them: Guernsey ... it is very pleasant, but it is quite small, and part from Victor Hugo's house, there is not much to see
Mount St Michel is beautiful, but as Klaas said, it is very crowded ... Avranches is great, but for another reason. There is the museum of WW2 and it is really something to see. Of course, you need a lot of time in France to see all that!
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Posted 04 April 2005 - 04:04 PM
Go see Alesia! I'd love to go check out one of the greatest sieges in all of history
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Posted 05 April 2005 - 07:37 AM
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It's far from Paris ... you'll need a car ... you can take the train there, but it may be more expensive than renting a car ... and remember, in France (and Europe), most of the cars have manual gears.
It's far from Paris ... you'll need a car ... you can take the train there, but it may be more expensive than renting a car ... and remember, in France (and Europe), most of the cars have manual gears.
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Posted 05 April 2005 - 11:32 AM
Manual gears are cool
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Posted 09 April 2005 - 07:49 PM
We'll only be nine hours away from Johnny Depp's house!
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Uppy, on Apr 9 2005, 02:49 PM, said:
We'll only be nine hours away from Johnny Depp's house!
Johnny Depp lives in France? Oh yes, I may remember hearing/reading something about that a while back...
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Posted 10 April 2005 - 06:05 PM
I really wanted to go this summer, but I doubt I can now since I have a full-blown internship at Parker-Hannifin. Bof.
That reminded me of a Monty Python sketch where Eric Idle is doing a political broadcast for the "Norwegian British Party", starts talking about the advantages of the Norwegian economy, and then says how "Norwegian girls will do anything for you, really, you just have to ask, and they know how to do it..."
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Johnny Depp lives in the US, IIRC ... he is simply married to a French woman (singer/actress) and they spend a lot of time in France ...
Johnny Depp lives in the US, IIRC ... he is simply married to a French woman (singer/actress) and they spend a lot of time in France ...
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Is it expensive to live in France?
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Well, it depends where you are ... it is definitely expensive to live in Paris (not as much as in London though) ... but outside large urban areas, life is not as expensive ... it is surely cheaper in France than it is in England or in Germany ... but it is more expensive in France than it is in Spain or Italy ...
Well, it depends where you are ... it is definitely expensive to live in Paris (not as much as in London though) ... but outside large urban areas, life is not as expensive ... it is surely cheaper in France than it is in England or in Germany ... but it is more expensive in France than it is in Spain or Italy ...
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