Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Darcey Bussell, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Irek Mukhamedov, Rudolf Nureyev (On Ciao since: 05/2005)
Rock & Pop - StudioRecording - 1 CD(s) - Label: Le Grand Magistery - Distributor: Shellshock/SRD - Released: 25/11/2002 - 616656003120 (On Ciao since: 06/2005)
Production Year: 1999 - Comedy - Director: Stephane Giusti - Original Language: French - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Bruno Putzulu, Alexandra London, Johnny (On Ciao since: 04/2005)
The Wescana Inn in The Pas, Manitoba, Canada, is positioned less than one half kilometer from the Sam Waller Museum and three kilometers from Aseneskak...
The Pas
Postage & Packaging: refer to website Availability: Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Located in the centre of Pas de la Casa, the Alaska aparthotel has lovely apartment and studio accommodation and is just 100 metres from the ski slopes....
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A haven for skiers above 2,400 metres, this mountain hotel offers direct access to the slopes of the Grandvalira ski resort. Set right on the Gavatxa piste in...
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This smart hotel enjoys direct access to the ski runs of Pas de la Casa, high amongst the mountains of the Andorran Pyrenees – perfect for a ski holiday...
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Set right in the heart of Andorra’s Pas de la Casa, this Pyrenean hotel overlooks the ski lifts which take you up to the magnificent resorts of Grau...
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Advantages: Cheapest of the cheap, duty-free shopping Disadvantages: An ambience that is pretty unique.... thankfully
...What can be said about "Pas" that hasn't been said already? Well, the first thing is to correct the nickname of "Ibiza with Snow"; it aspires to be Ibiza, but is far closer to Benidorm. As such, you will either love it or hate it, depending upon how you like your apres-ski.
In its favour are its general cheapness (which includes duty free shopping) and a fairly extensive and nowadays well-linked lift system.
Against it (and I'm well aware that some would consider this a recommendation) is the hell on earth that is Pas of an evening. I found the service in restaurants to be as rude as I'd ever come across (some places would as soon ignore you completely as serve you), but once you see how the majority of the English holidaymakers conduct themselves, you can see their point. A succession of truly hideous apartment buildings litter...
Advantages: Fantastic Ski and snowboard school Disadvantages: Not great Apres ski
...We stayed in Pas de la casa which is a 2 and a half hour transfer from Tolouse. It is not a pretty town, but has a lovely backdrop of the mountains. We stayed in self catering accomodation which was clean and basic. Food and drink in restaurants was not as cheap as advertised online (although drink in supermarkets is cheap, 1 litre of smirnoff vodka 7.40 euros which is £4!) The service was friendly and it helped we spoke french and spanish, but food was pretty poor and food came out at different times which is not good for a big group. I really enjoyed my two snowboarding lessons which are excellent and a must for all learners that go there. I went for the one on one lesson, you learn so much quicker that in a big group.Overall a great place to learn and go tax free shoppping, but definately a budget holiday resort....
Advantages: Wide range of skiing Disadvantages: Long transfere time
...Pas de la Casa, known to most as 'Pas', situated in Andorra a principality on the French/Spanish border. With no airport all holiday makers must fly to Toulouse and then endure a 3 hour coach ride to Andorra, but it's well worth it. Pas is the first resort you arrive at, being just 100 yards from the border crossing.
The main town itself, consisting of shops, bars and some hotels, is situated at the bottom of the main slope, other hotels spread out either side of the valley, where skiing to your front door is easily possible.
Skiing.
Buying a lift pass for Pas will also allow you to ski in the neighbouring resort of Grau Roig, all chair lifts and drag lifts close at 5:30 pm so ensure you are not in Grau Roig when they close as it will be an expensive taxi ride back to Pas. The two resorts spread over 3 valleys, with plenty...
Advantages: Cheap, Good fun, Good skiing area, Good drinking, Friendly locals Disadvantages: 3 1/2 hour coach transfer to toulouse airport
...We have just spent the Xmas break in Pas de la Casa and it was our first visit to Andorra. Yes - we would go again.
Although it was early in the season there was enough snow to make the holiday a good one. Skiing is quite extensive and the lift system is good with few queues. The lifts in the main are chair lifts which can be a bit unnerving for first timers but you soon get the hang of them.
The nursery slopes are very crowded and its good that you only spend a day or so there before moving on to the blue runs where the greater space allows easier instuction. Ski instruction is very good with most if not all of the instructors speaking good english.
This was our second ski holiday and probably our best to date.
The town itself is lively and caters for a younger age group, but that doesnt mean if you are over 21 then you are past...
Advantages: Eat, drink and shop.... Disadvantages: ....until you drop
...devote some time to sight-seeing before returning home. To do so need not be expensive: fare deals for overnight stays are economical, while French hotels tend to be cheaper than their British equivalents. By staying over you add a lot of interest and excitement to a shopping trip at relatively little extra cost.
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PAS-DE-CALAIS
This review is focussed on the Pas-de-Calais, the French département (equivalent to county) immediately across the Channel from Kent. I apologise to readers who might find crossing by other routes to other départements more convenient, and also to those who having crossed from Kent would want to travel further afield than the Pas-de-Calais, but it is simply impossible to cover all the options in a single review.
Pas-de-Calais is in any case...
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Review of Pas de Calais
Advantages: A classic collection of Jacques Brel songs Disadvantages: Only 11 tracks
...Ne Me Quitte Pas is a concise collection of only 11 tracks, but they are some of Brel's finest songs including the famous title track. All are original Brel compositions. I think the album was originally produced in the early 1970s. The CD was released in 2004. The songs on this album exemplify Jacques Brel's song writing talent as well as his ability as a performer. Brel seemed to possess an acute perception that led him to be an innovative lyricist who was able to portray everyday life in a truly poetic light. It was in Parisian cafes in the 1950s that Brel crafted his song writing technique and it was on stage in seedy back street cabarets where he first captivated audiences with his virtuoso manipulation of language and somewhat quirky nervous stage presence. His songs were both engaging and vivid but at the same time simply...
Advantages: Excellent location and decor Disadvantages: Too expensive, inedible breakfast, poor design, a tourist trap
...WRITTEN November 2002
INTRODUCTION
The title of this op refers to a favourite French love song of mine. ‘Ne me quittez pas’ means ‘don’t leave me’ which is always good relationship advice.
My wife and I visited Disneyland Paris last month for a week. This op deals with our stay at the Disney land Hotel. Most of the hotel reviews I have read on Ciao were basically the same and were quite boring. Unfortunately this op is just as boring.
DISNEYLAND PARIS THE FIRST TIME
In 1999 we spent 4 nights in Paris and a couple of nights in Disneyland Paris, where we stayed at the Sequoia Lodge.
My wife enjoyed that trip so much that she wanted to go again. I was not that keen having already seen Disneyland and Disneyworld in the States.
The most important thing I learnt about holidaying in France...
Advantages: Impressive background-research and external-reference. Compelling fantasy legendscape. Disadvantages: Author's early work. Repetitive and careless French Phrases. Slow? Unrealistic legendscape.
...brings me on to something that annoys me?
As a Canadian who lived in Quebec, you would have though De Lint could include in his books, if not a few phrases from a Celtic language, perhaps a bit of good French. Now I'm not about to get involved in an argument about whether having words and phrases in foreign languages in the speech of some characters in books is a good thing, but personally I like it, especially in the Mythic fantasy genre, where "exotic" languages really fit in. I think that it pulls speech away from the artificiality of crafted conversation, as well as challenging me to improve my own language-skills. This for the most part is how de Lint uses his French for the two characters that know it, and although I did get a bit fed up of one character's "N'est pas, inspecteur?" every sentence (if you're not making all your other...
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