Where to buy in France (2) - the south coast

Following my last "where to buy in France if you don't fancy the charente" on Mayenne I thought that I'd do a short piece on two fantastic spots on the south coast.The first is Aix-en-Provence.  It's a university town, famous for its culture. It hosts two significant music festivals each year.Musique dans la rue is held each June and does what it says on the tin - as classical, jazz and popular concerts are held in the packed streets and squares.The main Festival is held in...

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Get you off'

In America there is a cooking oil called Pam.  Craig's in taking-the-piss heaven at their latest commercial. 

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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : We Were Promised Jetpacks

Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Jetpacks are currently on their first headline North American tour. The 26 date adventure will wind its way through America and Canada before rolling up at the SXSW festival where they will certainly be one of this year’s buzz bands. Vic Galloway has more: We Were Promised Jetpacks in America With their acclaimed [...]

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The America's Cup Absolutely Freaking Kills Me

Despite our righteous indignation at having been turned down for press access to the America’s Cup, duty compelled us to head for the harbor today on the first day of racing and check out the scene. And so we did, for about an hour. I can say in all honesty, and without the slightest amount of sarcasm that it was the most thrilling, gripping, intense and wonderfully ecstatic hour of my entire life. Allow me to assist you in imagining the scene: under the austere auspices of the...

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Don't cry for me! ? Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jump to the full entry & travel map Buenos Aires, Argentina7 JanuaryI have experienced deserts and mountain people in Peru, danger, chaos and extreme beauty in Bolivia, unimaginable heat and a South African feel in Rio and now a very European experience in Buenos Aires. South America is a vast and interesting continent. But today I have not really been nostalgic. I just felt in a daze. I think it is a bit of tirdness that crept up...

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The Scorpions Rocking the Hotel Llao Llao Like a Hurricane

Written by Shanie I thought Jamie was joking when he first told me. “Scorpions are playing a show at the Hotel Llao Llao!” But the excitement on his face showed that this was all seriousness. It was hard to believe, yet what he was saying was nothing more than the absolute truth. The three long-time members of The Scorpions, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, and Mattias Jabs, were coming to South America’s high-society hotel to play a special concert for a Volkswagen promotional...

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The cinema in Saint Tropez

Popped over to Saint Tropez yesterday evening to see the new Clint Eastwood film Invictus. It was showing the Renaissance cinema on the Place des Lices. It's the true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Both Michele and I gave it 4 stars.As Mr and Mrs L are in South Africa at the moment I thought it was quite an appropriate film choice. If you want to find out what films are showing in English...

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Stop over ? Nelson, South Island, New Zealand

Jump to the full entry & travel map Nelson, South Island, New ZealandJust a quick stopever to Nelson before i travel to Picton and then embark on the ferry to Wellington.

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An American expat in South Ossetia

I am fascinated with the individual stories of Americans who, for one reason or another, have chosen to live elsewhere in the world. I found the story on the web today of one such American. He is Joe Mestas, a 55-year-old American who lives in South Ossetia.

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A Growing Trend of Leaving America

While a high percentage of American expats are unhappy with the rightward tilt of George Bush's America, most don't see their decision to move overseas as a political statement.

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