Nantes est un chantier
Walking home the other day and you get the weirdest ideas. There’s construction work going on everywhere. The tram for me is cut in the evenings and also slows down as it’s passing the various construction sites. The station / gare has construction going...
Do you Tu or Vous?
I’ve ended up seeing this image a few times over the last while and I thought it’s worth sharing. Having to be formal and saying vous just goes against my nature. I might say sir or madame from time to time in English but it’d be rare. Hell the...
Going on Safari in Nantes at Planete Sauvage
Val is always on the lookout for things to do with the kids and with a special on Groupon for Planete Sauvage we had tickets! Now I suspect like most Zoo / Animal Parks … Planete Sauvage isn’t cheap. At €26.50 for an adult and €21 for children (older than...
Passion Japan 2018
It’s Friday so if you’re looking for what’s on in and around Nantes this weekend why not check out nantes.fr/sorties For me the highlight is Passion Japon and I know Charlotte is going to love it too 🙂 I think we’re set for some rather nice...
Manif 22nd May! 09:30 – 14:30
Another week … another Manif … they couldn’t have held it yesterday on the bank holiday? The TAN will be cut in the city center this morning from 09:30 – 14:30 at least. As always check tan.fr for full details
The Wind that Shakes the Barley Free Movie
What’s that? Free Ken Loach movie with Cillian Murphy you say? Ireland 1919: workers from field and country unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless ‘Black and Tan’ squads that are being shipped from Britain to block...
Yum Yum
If you like Asian (Vietnamese) food I’m going to introduce you to another of my favourite places to eat in Nantes. It’s called Yum Yum and yes it is Yum Yum!!! Located at 2 Bis Allée Flesselles it’s very central (from Commerce head along the line 1...
What to do on the Bank Holidays / Jour Fériés
May is one of those insane months where you get ALL of the bank holidays First up you’ve got the Fête du Travail on the 1st of May. Next it’s the 8th of May and the end of World War II. Ascension Thursday varies from year to year it’s on the 10th...
100% Nantais Chocolate
Good news everybody we’re now able to manufacture our own chocolate with 100% of the ingredients being sourced locally! That’s right we’ve managed to produce “180 grammes de chocolat 100 % nantais” from the glass houses at the Parc du...
How is your delicious wife?
This really makes me laugh 🙂 Macron thanks Australian leader’s ‘delicious wife’ We all make mistakes with other languages well I know I do 😀 I’m not actually sure if it has been in the media in France because … I don’t actually...
A Trip to the Pannetière Farm in Nantes
Yesterday for May the 1st we took our semi annual trip to the farm at La Ferme de la Pannetière which is in La Chapelle sur Erdre. There was a pretty decent crowd (with parking in a field 2 minutes walk away) Having previously visited we knew what was in store though...
The 1st of May Farmers Market
If you’re looking for something a little different to do this May 1st Bank Holiday Tuesday then why not take a trip to the farm (La Ferme de la Pannetière). One issue if you’re trying to take public transport is that the TAN won’t be running (At...
Monday Lisa
Morning everyone, it feels a bit like this today for me. Monday Lisa! Is it a jour pont (Bridge day where places take it off so they can have an extra long weekend between the bank holiday and the weekend) where you are or are you working? Charlotte is home and...
The Carnaval de Nuit is tonight
If you’re looking for something to do tonight you can’t go far wrong with the Carnaval de Nuit. It has previously been postponed due to protests. Tonight it still looks like it’s going ahead though it looks like the students will be out protesting...
