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20 06, 2021

La France insolite : promenade à dos d’éléphant au cœur de Nantes

By |2023-03-21T11:47:32+11:00Jun 20, 2021|2 Comments

La ville française de Nantes regorge d’endroits insolites à explorer. Entre autres, la balade en éléphant au départ des « Machines de l’île », qui figure parmi les attractions les plus étonnantes.

12 04, 2012

A Guy’s Guide to Culture: Sylvain Blassel, harper bizarre

By |2013-06-28T16:34:44+10:00Apr 12, 2012|0 Comments

Mostly what I know about the harp is that it’s a musical instrument that plays classical music, and I know harpist Sylvain Blassel recorded a very soothing CD with the harp called Bach – Goldberg Variations. I also know I saw him live, and here’s the proof of that…

18 01, 2012

A Guy’s Guide to Culture: Painful Piccolo

By |2013-05-01T00:00:48+10:00Jan 18, 2012|3 Comments

I get absolutely, freak-all nothing about classical music—and even less about the piccolo. I’m sure those of you who appreciate the unique brand of “music” that is the piccolo will love Jean-Louis Beaumadier’s latest effort, Pastoral. Point being, I did not care much for the music in this concert [...]

12 12, 2011

A Guy’s Guide to Culture: A Quadriplegic Takes On The Artist

By |2013-07-02T16:23:06+10:00Dec 12, 2011|5 Comments

Like The Artist, Intouchables is very American for a French flick. It has dialogue, for example. Plus, the dialogue isn’t some obscure, existential discourse symbolizing the relation of the royalty to the clergy in post-inquisition rural France—it’s about stuff normal people care about.

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