Call of the Pyrénées: Top of the Pops for Walkers in France #3
The Pyrenees form an almost impenetrable frontier along the whole length of the Franco-Spanish border, an extraordinarily impressive chain
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06, 2024
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09, 2023
QUEL SCANDALE!
The State Visit was planned as a gesture of friendship from Britain after the rocky road to Brexit. Both countries do pomp & ceremony well. Military bands and parades at the Arc de Triomphe
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09, 2023
The Paris Commune: A Two Month Wonder or Lasting Legacy?
la Commune de Paris: The Germans won the Franco-Prussian War During the following turmoil the Communards seized power and ran Paris for 72 days before being bloodily suppressed
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06, 2023
The Divine Right of Kings?
In 1793 the blade on a newfangled killing machine was hard at work. When it sliced through the neck of King Louis XVI and his head tumbled into the guillotine’s basket, the Divine Right of Kings came to an end in France.
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06, 2023
A little place almost no one’s heard of : ça vaut vraiment la peine d’y aller
A little place almost no one's heard of - Find out how to get to that tiny port just across the border that almost no one has ever heard of — and go there!
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03, 2023
Off with their Heads! Sobering facts indeed…
Capital punishment in France & worldwide... & the influence of political correctness - what is your view?
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01, 2023
Royalty: A New King in France?
France has always been infatuated with the British Royals. They’re never far from the French headlines...
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11, 2022
L’Éléphant dans la Salle: un sujet tabou
It’s a subject beginning to creep back into conversations & media headlines in Europe and Britain.
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10, 2022
Rishi Sunak: The Elephant in the Room
The ascension of Rishi Sunak to Britain’s top political job as, “Indian son rises over the Empire" is only weeks before he was rejected.
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10, 2022
Call of the Pyrénées: Incomparable mountains #2
Incomparable mountains: whet your appetite & get your travel juices flowing - settle down and plan your next trip to the Pyrénées
