What’s on this weekend? 21st Sept 2018
It’s about time I got active on the blog again after the holidays, but just a quick break from work and post today. What’s on this weekend? As always you can find a list of things on the nantes.fr website. Not too much that interests me this weekend. If...
Totum Cantine Bio – Vegetarian, Vegan, and Gluten Free in Nantes
I’ve been meaning to get across to Totum for a while now but one thing led to another and we just didn’t get across. It’s a 2 minute walk from commerce. Truth be told though for me at times the idea of going out for a nice meal and buying vegetarian...
School Holidays 2018 – 2019
With the summer holidays drawing to a close it’s probably time to start planning your year ( especially if you’ve got kids and need to figure out child minders .. ) Well the calendar for school holidays for the new year is out There are three school zones...
€160 Free? That sounds “Très Bien” to me
Free Money! It’s amazing the lengths the banks will go to get new customers though I guess when you do setup an account you’re possibly going to be there for life. This one only applies to students who’ve just finished their BAC though. If...
What’s on this weekend?
A manga expo? A James Turrell expo? Vikings? LVAN? .. lots to do if you’re around Nantes this weekend and at worst you can always follow the green line around the city and have a nice meal (You knew I’ve have to include food in the post right?) As always...
Little changes to your daily routine to save the world
At this stage I’m going to guess we’ve all seen the videos about plastic and that we need to make a change? I’d love to say I’ve been good for years but it’s just not the case. I recycle where possible and have now for as long as I can...
Getting around in Nantes with ZenBus
I rely a lot on public transport in Nantes. When I head into the office in the morning in the city centre I’ll grab the tram line 1. When I head across to the design school where I’m teaching a bit I’ll grab the line 1 and then a bus the rest of the...
Cricket in Nantes
A few weeks back I posted up about the Nantes Loves Cricket weekend for the inauguration of the new official cricket ground in Nantes. Well the video of that event is out (It’s kinda cool) and was shared the other day on FB and here it is below via the YouTube...
Le coin des crêpes
Once upon a time I had never been to France and by proxy had never been to Brittany. Over the next few years every trip to Brittany meant I’d be eating crêpes, drinking Breton cider and putting on the pounds. Since I’ve moved to Nantes however I’ve...
Pickles Restaurant Nantes
A few weeks back we took a trip to Pickles. We had originally planned to drag some Irish friends there for an evening meal but in the end we opted for something a bit more Breton and simple and went with some crepes (another blog post coming soon). If however...
Congrats France on the World Cup Win
Congrats France on winning the World Cup yesterday and with the country gone slightly crazy last night this seems highly appropriate today 🙂 Of course it does require a small bit of understanding of French but I think I’d this much covered for the Leaving Cert...
What you need to know for the world cup final!
Well I still don’t know any of the players names but if you are planning on heading into Nantes tonight you’ve a few options … (of course all the pubs are going to be packed but it’ll be shown EVERYWHERE) There’ll be a Giant Screen...
Police Clashes after man shot dead in Nantes
It’s not always good when Nantes is in the news. I suspect if you’re out in the evenings in any of the hot zones you’ll want to be careful as we’ve seen things flare in the past. Breil, Dervallières, et Malakoff. Link:...
A new lease of life for 15 places in Nantes
So in case you didn’t know it there was a vote recently to decide 15 places to re-invent in Nantes. There were originally 81 projects at the end of January 2017 … this was whittled down to 41 and from the 9th to the 23rd of June 2018 they were voted on....
