France

Contrary to how I usually write these posts, I’m currently typing this on my iPhone while in a hotel room. As shared the other day, I’m off to Ireland for the weekend, so I’m overnight at a hotel at CDG Airport in preparation for an early morning flight. I didn’t…

Day 8 of our Ireland Trip — Bonjour! We celebrated our 22nd anniversary a couple of days early by arriving in Paris, France, at 10 a.m. and returning that night to Dublin, Ireland, at 10 p.m. I know, crazy huh? My husband and I used to joke that we should do “lunch in Paris” so we decided…

Egypt’s foreign policy with the Global powers can only be defined as a perfect choreographed dance, Egypt’s ability to maintain amicable relations with both Western and Eastern powers alike is very difficult and worthy of praise. …

The Upper Loire valley the Canal de Briare is certainly a hard act to follow, but the Loire Valley has turned out to be an absolute revelation, with fascinating ancient towns just off the beaten path, and countryside which ranges from flat-as-a-pancake stretches (which are as boring as hell) to full-on Wagnerian mini-mountains, liberally…

How I document vandalised ads below the French capital — I’ve been shooting shredded ads in the Paris metro for close to four years now. Well, to be fair, it’s not something I’ve been doing consistently over that stretch of time. For most of 2021, I wasn’t even living in France, so it’s more like two years’ worth of photography…

I’ll take mine strong and crumbly please — I like my cheese like I like my men — strong. Okay, that was a bit cliché but it sounded good. And I think my father would approve, though he’d personally just stick with the cheese. (I do like good brains and a good sense of humour too, FYI.) Of…

Hello! I attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time this year and it was such a nutjob that I felt compelled to write up my experiences. If you’re a normal person who doesn’t work in media, and you want to attend Cannes — read on. Before coming to…

I didn’t pay any attention to the actual temperature today, but it was definitely the hottest day I’ve experienced since being here. I’ll spare you the usual “I got up… had breakfast… sat around…” and just get to the bigger things. Today was not a good day to forget about…

French city has some of the best street art in the world — If Marseille was a person it would be a tough-talking street fighter, who creates captivating art when one is looking.