Nantes Today

09/01/2025

How is dry January going for everyone?

09/01/2025

So Knowing Nantes Photos updates their cover photo to a cute animal ... and I do the same here ... coincidence? :D

07/01/2025

40 years of the Tram in Nantes ... I think when I arrived a few years ago 10 tickets cost 9.60 ... and it's 17.50 now

30/12/2024

A rather excellent video on the tramway in Nantes (history and future) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie9TcpmDx1Y in French but well worth a watch I think

Nantes est la première ville française a avoir réintroduit le tramway, sous une forme moderne. Cette petite expérience va rencontrer un grand succès, au poin...

04/12/2024

It's not Terry's...

27/11/2024

Sometimes in it's the little things that make me happy

25/11/2024

How was your weekend? This was some of what I got up to :) (From our rehearsals before the concert that opened Winter Edition .. given the mayor spoke at it I'm guessing it was the official opening?)

23/11/2024

And the choir is nearly starting for our first concert

06/11/2024

Choir night at the chateau

01/11/2024

Homemade Soda bread and cauliflower soup (with comté) for lunch today! I really must get back into updating my blog ... at least with a few recipes :) What's on everyone's winter lunch / dinner lists these days? :) (I'm Irish so our traditional winter months are difficult to break away from) :D

31/10/2024

It it being halloween you might feel the need to stock up to get through the night :D (only today at SuperU) ... no this isn't a sponsored post but it seems like a pretty good offer :)

30/10/2024

Choir night Chorale

29/10/2024

It took me a few days but I'm happy to report I managed to update the time on the cooker

28/10/2024

Bad news everybody!

24/10/2024

Drunk person smashes window at station and the cost to repair will be 90k ... https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/elle-fracasse-une-grande-vitre-de-la-gare-de-nantes-la-note-pour-la-remplacer-est-salee-90-000-euros-97ede738-91e6-11ef-9c0a-0d32f1fd8b7b this is why we can't have nice things. (Though in fairness I don't actually think the new station is that nice) :D

Une femme de 49 ans a été interpellée, t**d, mercredi 23 octobre, après avoir dégradé une vitre de la mezzanine de la gare de Nantes. La remise en état est estimée à 90 000 € !