Bike stolen in Nantes?
Have you had a bike stolen? While it’s probably not a very nice experience there may be some hope. You can find the list of bikes that have been recovered by the police here...
Where can I get Passport / ID photos in Nantes?
Where can I get ID photos in Nantes? It’s a question that comes up on Knowing Nantes quite often. Normally it’s people looking for ID photos for kids / Babies. Though you’ll need one for the Student Card … Museum Pass … your TAN travel...
The Nantes Carnival Workshop 2018
In yesterday’s post I mentioned that the Carnival (Carnaval) workshop is open this weekend. So yesterday we went along to see what it’s all about. We’d actually been to the Carnival Workshop in 2016 already but missed out last year. Guarding the...
Winter is coming!
You may have been hoping for a Game of Thrones post but sadly that’s not the case. In case you’ve not been outside recently … it’s cold! and it’s going to get colder next week starting Sunday night. The cold snap is happening as freezing...
Activities for kids during the February school holidays
If you’ve got kids in school you’ll no doubt know it’s the School Holidays If you don’t … then you may notice that public transport is about to switch from Jour Bleu to Jour Vert on the time tables. Maybe you’re bundling up the kids...
Nantes Carnival Open Days 2018
Yes it’s the Carnival Open day this weekend, or should that be open days. You can find the workshop at Ateliers Maurice Parois, 188 Route de St Luce à Nantes. That sounds complicated to get to I hear you say? Well if you’re taking the tram take the line...
Things that go bump in the Jardin des Plantes
In case you’re in the mood for something a little different and FREE Les Nuits Féériques (Nights of the Fairies) is on tonight and tomorrow nightin the Jardin des Plantes (22nd and 23rd September 2017). It kicks off at 9pm and probably runs till around 11pm. The...
Nantes Today is Born
It seems in some way fitting that this is happening this week what with Nantes Digital Week taking place. I’m going live with a soft launch of Nantes Today. I’m not going to publicise the launch for the moment as I really do need to build up some content,...
General strike 21-09-2017
The Syndicat CGT has called for a general strike tomorrow in response to the governments planned changes to the “code du travail” What does this mean for everyday life? It means there are going to be protests / marches taking place in the city center. In...
New Football Stadium for Nantes
Good news everybody. It looks like Nantes is getting a new football stadium. Wait WHAT? What’s wrong with the old stadium? Well it would appear that Nantes doesn’t want to invest any money into the current football stadium and it’s not quite up to...
UK Immigration Test
If you don’t know them Foil Arms & Hog are an Irish Sketch group who have been touring over the last eight or so years. For me they represent Irish humour at it’s best.
School Holidays 2017-2018
It’s that time of the year again. C’est la rentrée! School is back and the school holidays for 2017 – 2018 have been released into the wild. If, like me, you’re freelancing you really need to have these so you can plan your year in advance. You...
Le Nouveau Monde
This article is out of date as the restaurant is under new management. Please see: Un Nouveau Monde It’s actually been a while since I’ve posted any decent content on here. I’ve been busy posting up home cooking recipes on another one of my blogs....
Martin’s Fish and Chips
It’s Friday and once again that means fish day!!! I previously wrote about Poisson Paré which is a very French fish and chip restaurant, today I’m going to talk about Martin’s Fish and Chips 🙂 A few weeks back the activity center was on strike (What...
