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  1. Yann Tiersen!

    Blog: Half - 3 November 2009

    Bah! I love my job!! About three weeks ago, my boss called me to ask if I could conduct a phone interview in French. I said yes, to which she replied, “Wonderful! I just gave Yann Tiersen your cell phone number. He’ll be calling you at 7pm.” Me – In my head: WHAT?!? Yann Tiersen?? The Yann [...]

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  2. Still on the way - Saint-Malo

    Blog: Sophie's World - 8 September 2009

    Still not actually in the Channel Islands. But on the way. Our train from Paris Montparnasse to Saint-Malo didn’t exactly correspond with the Jersey-bound ferry (not the fault of SNCF, I hasten to add, but me for wanting to be absolutely certain we didn’t miss the last ferry of the day). So, with a few hours [...]

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  3. A postcard from Conleau near Vannes in Brittany - Video

    Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 August 2009

    If you step out of the French windows at my friend Isabelle’s house, where I was stayed last weekend, this is the view from the terrace. From the kitchen you can take in the sailing boats bobbing up and down and the sun sparkling on the water. Pass through the garden gate and  it’s two steps [...]

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  4. Gone fishing for crabs on the Ile de Houat - in Brittany, France

    Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 August 2009

    The Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, where I’ve been for a couple of days is a wonderful holiday destination, with many small islands off the coast that you can visit by ferry. Yesterday, we arrived a little bleary eyed for the 8am ferry from Vannes to the island of Houat, for a day of fishing for crabs, [...]

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