Step aside, D'Artagnan, there's a new musketeer in town! As of Friday, I - along with my oh-so-awesome history class and our two amazing teachers - will be getting up at some god-forsaken hour of the early morning to jump aboard the Eurostar and make our way to ... PARIS!
Studying 16th Century France definitely has its perks. Especially as it means we worm our way out of a weekend that - whether we had wanted to go home or not - would have been spent on Dartmoor in the driving wind and rain.
The Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator may hate my guts forevermore, but I don't care. I shall be happily sitting beneath wonderful Parisian architecture, smiling smugly over my sunglasses and eating my bodyweight in croissant, smelly cheese and escargot (which, contrary to popular belief, is actually exceedingly tasty).
Unfortunately, dear readers, this does mean you will be without me for a few days - I'm off to London to listen to David Starkey lecturing on Henry VIII tomorrow, and Thursday will be working, packing, and leaping into vats of cold chlorinated water in a bid to improve my physique before the easter holidays.
But, the good news is that I will doubtless come back with pictures. And - judging by my past luck with our darling Froggie pals across the Channel - some entertaining stories. I managed to near-decapitate a French mayor on my last skiing trip in Termignon ... let's see what sort of mischief I can get into this time, eh?
Try not to miss me too much ;)
- Charley R
P.S. Did I mention I can't speak French?
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Friday, 29 July 2011
Guess Who's Back?
No, not Shady, it's meeeee!
Anywho, to cut out the blather, France was fabulous. Wonderful old medieval towns to roam about, castles to explore, smelly cheese and tasty bread to devour, locals to terrorise ... what more could you want? Highlights have to be Dinan and Carcassonne - aka, the most gorgeous, amazing, heart-stealing walled city in the world. Seriously, I stood on the bridge and thought I'd walked into a fairytale kingdom. Here are some pictures from the internet to show you what I mean - I'd show you the ones we took, but my laptop still denies the existance of every camera in existence:
Unfortunately, I can't find any inside the city walls but, as you can see from the middle picture, the views from the walls on a clear day are utterly spectacular. The fortress is incredible too, and the parapets and ...
Yeah, I'm pretty infatuated with this place.
In other news, I've unexpectedly come across a new project. My main story - which still has no name - has been somewhat usurped by a little anthology, similar to Option One in the post, but nowhere near as long, and only following one family (if you can call them that ...) of my myst-hakel fantasy race. I may post some extracts up here when I get it all sorted out, so keep your eyes peeled for that later on :)
In the meantime, said anthology is calling my name, and I think I'd best go and give it some love. See you guys later!
- Spook
P.S. Can anyone explain why my WordPress.com blog has been suspended? I can't get hold of the WordPress team to work it out, so if you guys could help me out I would be eternally grateful!
Anywho, to cut out the blather, France was fabulous. Wonderful old medieval towns to roam about, castles to explore, smelly cheese and tasty bread to devour, locals to terrorise ... what more could you want? Highlights have to be Dinan and Carcassonne - aka, the most gorgeous, amazing, heart-stealing walled city in the world. Seriously, I stood on the bridge and thought I'd walked into a fairytale kingdom. Here are some pictures from the internet to show you what I mean - I'd show you the ones we took, but my laptop still denies the existance of every camera in existence:
Unfortunately, I can't find any inside the city walls but, as you can see from the middle picture, the views from the walls on a clear day are utterly spectacular. The fortress is incredible too, and the parapets and ...
Yeah, I'm pretty infatuated with this place.
In other news, I've unexpectedly come across a new project. My main story - which still has no name - has been somewhat usurped by a little anthology, similar to Option One in the post, but nowhere near as long, and only following one family (if you can call them that ...) of my myst-hakel fantasy race. I may post some extracts up here when I get it all sorted out, so keep your eyes peeled for that later on :)
In the meantime, said anthology is calling my name, and I think I'd best go and give it some love. See you guys later!
- Spook
P.S. Can anyone explain why my WordPress.com blog has been suspended? I can't get hold of the WordPress team to work it out, so if you guys could help me out I would be eternally grateful!
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