travel

Remember, remember the 8th of November

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Friday, November 5, 2010

For that is the day that free-parking ends in central Strasbourg. Admittedly it was something we rather enjoyed when we first arrived, being able to pull up outside your own house and park for an unlimited time for free was such a novelty, and it felt liberating almost, when compared with what we had to [...]


Carnage Boulevard

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

‘La rentrée’ is known throughout France as the period of panic as children and adults across the land return to school and workplace after the summer break.  New itineraries and new timetables have to be shoe-horned into the family lifestyle within just a few days and adhered to for the rest of the school year. [...]


Bloody Ryanair

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Ok, so we were fairly stupid to leave our son’s Thomas and Friends back-pack on our Ryanair flight into Stansted last weekend, but that doesn’t justify the frankly secretive way in which Mister O’Leary’s bunch of cowboys handle lost property. Information on the Ryanair website would lead you to believe that there is some sort [...]


The BMW X6

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I couldn’t help but notice when I cycled past one of these monsters the other day, and then after catching sight of two more shortly afterwards I thought it worth sharing my thoughts on BMW’s latest contribution to the world. First off you can’t fault BMW’s business sense in recognising that there are enough people [...]


Useful website for locals

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Check this out, it’s the local equivalent of ‘journeyplanner’ …. http://www.vialsace.eu/


Pissed day four (piste des forts)

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Monday, June 8, 2009

… is a phrase that can have a number of meanings. If you’re American it implies a period of anger; for an Englishman it indicates a period of inebriation; but if you’re Strasbourgeois it is simply the (phonetic) name of a rather pleasant cycle route. The ‘Piste des forts’ is a little know cycle path [...]


The joy of car sharing

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

They call it ‘car-sharing’ – a title that doesn’t do justice in my view as really the nature of car sharing is precisely the same as that of car-rental but on a shorter lead-time; but calling it ‘short-lead-time-car-rental’ isn’t as catchy nor does the acronym ‘SLTCR’ spell anything interesting. Though that said, from now on [...]


The worlds least-favourite airline

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Monday, September 29, 2008

Strasbourg’s airport has yet to welcome in any of the low cost airlines, thanks in no small part to French protectionism. If there had been such a thing as a French low-cost carrier, I’m sure we would have had at least a direct link to Brussels in operation by now. So if you want to [...]


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