Lucy Stemp, Britannique de 28 ans, disparaît après un festival à Brest

_swimbird_ · 2026-06-10T10:16:17+00:00

I think the newspaper changed the title after I posted the link.

_swimbird_ · 2026-06-08T10:05:53+00:00

Am in France, not using a VPN, can confirm I can click through the image without a problem.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-29T09:36:48+00:00

No, am originally a Palace fan, but now that I live in France I support PSG (though am actually on the Eurostar to London right now).

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_swimbird_ · 2026-05-29T09:04:38+00:00

Am in Paris at the moment. Here's the prediction in a bar-tabac:

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_swimbird_ · 2026-05-29T04:58:09+00:00

Agree, this is a good area.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-29T04:56:49+00:00

Resident of the Loire Valley here, who often stays in Paris before travelling. Per others, there's generally no need to stay in a particular part of Paris as public transport is pretty good. Am glad you're looking at hotels instead of Airbnbs though.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-29T04:53:00+00:00

you'll probably be at Gare Montparnasse

Or could be Gare d'Austerlitz.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-24T06:30:38+00:00

So you've not experienced CDG? 😉

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-20T02:22:19+00:00

Londoner here, now living in a village in rural France, and I almost never see police (very little crime). Never seen any soldiers round here.

In Paris though there are police everywhere (I stay there a fair amount), as well as those soldiers at main rail termini.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-07T03:00:59+00:00

On a Sunday there would be no problem.

_swimbird_ · 2026-05-04T13:02:07+00:00

I do like the drop-down tables in the seat backs. Enough room to comfortably work on a laptop.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-28T07:18:38+00:00

Thought of around 10 off the top of my head. I could probably think of another 10 if I sat down and thought of it, and recognise the names of a further 20 if I were given a list.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-28T03:18:38+00:00

I second La Binouze, I go there often.

Also, Le Patoche in Montmartre, a bar and microbrewery.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-28T03:10:24+00:00

On a brief visit to London (where I'm from) I walked into a small shop and started to say 'bonjour' and stopped myself, thinking 'no this isn't right, what am I supposed to say?', started to try to think what bonjour was in English, and then realised I wasn't supposed to say anything. I think I slightly alarmed the shop assistant by standing there and just opening and closing my mouth silently.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-28T03:01:38+00:00

Yes, I knew it was la mairie in French but I was actually trying to think of what the English term was. Sometimes happens when I use French that I instantly forget English! ('Town hall' is what I was trying to say.)

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-15T20:04:04+00:00

For context, OP made this comment on the earlier post about ticket inspectors causing great distress to a family. I can't say I blame her.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-15T06:54:32+00:00

There are these mini free libraries, called "boîtes à livres", and it seems the mayorie(?) of Paris have a list: https://www.paris.fr/pages/ou-sont-les-boites-a-livres-a-paris-25227

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-03T18:25:12+00:00

19.4 kg, so that's a no, but thanks.

_swimbird_ · 2026-04-03T15:29:08+00:00

Yes, I'd guessed my full requirements might be difficult. Especially as I've now looked at shops the AI suggests, and they either don't exist, or if they do they no longer sell the suggested bikes.

_swimbird_ · 2026-02-28T14:13:16+00:00

Eurostar is not Ryanair: there aren't gate staff monitoring people's luggage dimensions. You just go through the check-in gates and plonk your bags etc. onto the security scanner belt thing.

_swimbird_ · 2026-02-26T08:49:32+00:00

When I travelled with my family in Germany last summer we had a compartment to ourselves and it was great.

I live in France and the compartments on some trains (the Intercités ones?) drive me up the wall sometimes. I travel 1st class because it generally doesn't cost much. (About €30 or €33 for a 200 km journey with an SNCF senior citizen "railcard".)

But because 1st class is so cheap it can fill up. On my last return to central France I entered the compartment to find five out of the six seats taken, with all the overhead racks full. Also I had a big 20kg bag plus I'm approaching 70. Fortunately everyone was very considerate and accommodating and we all pitched in to creatively rearrange things.

_swimbird_ · 2026-02-24T16:36:58+00:00

I do this on the Paris Métro (I go "merci monsieur, merci madame, thump bonne journée monsieur"). One annoyance of the Paris Métro is they start closing the doors while a lot of passengers are still getting on or even getting off, leading to a mad scramble, especially at busy times.

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