Pim

I suppose you mean similar by the land, weather and countryside ? I mean snowboard Yes, Paris is expensive. Yes of course I want to see NYC. I've heard so much about it. I'm keen on a music "One night in NYC" by the horrorist, very funny track by the way. I think it's the place to go since I'm a club addict

I'd like to visit any part of the US. I had a look at Portland's website, the surrouding of this city seems very nice. I'd really love to visit New York city, I've heard so much about club and party overthere. I'd also like to go to Miami during the winter music conference. I'm still wondering about how people feel about French people since the war in Irak. I've heard so much about it that I really don't know. Arround 90€ for 2 people for one night and breakfast. There is region that you don't mention but that is worth the journey : "La bretagne". It's the sort of big peninsula in the west or france. There is a big forest "Brocéliande", this is the forest of Merlin the wizzard. If you are interested in all the Arthur's myth and everything related, this is the very place to go. Every village or lake or anything has a story overthere. This is also the region of the "galette". This is a very famous meal and hoppefully you can tweak the receipe in order to make it vegan without wasting the original taste. You can also visit the "Mont saint Michel", this is like a big church built on a rock near the coast. If you like the sea and things related, there are dozen of small coast city with lovely ports. Mountains are a great choice. During winter, for winter sports. Or during summer for excursions. In the massif central you can practice lot of water sport like canoe, rafting, aqua-excursion... I don't know much about mountain, but at least I have a strong advise : don't go to the Pyrenees for winter sport if you have a surf. Tracks are clearly not designed for surf. I think I have a very false idea of what US are really. My opinion is based on american movies and French media, but I do believe that this is not the truth. Your society cannot be like in "Friends". Tell me more.

edit : sorry, mistake.

I've never been to the USA, but I'd love to. I went to England last year, and it didn't take long for me to notice the "V" sign on food packing. We don't even have that in France. Ask for a vegetarian meal at any given place, first they'll treat you as an alien, and then they'll come back with a ham and butter sandwich. Maybe it's not the toughest place for vegan, but I don't want to know what it is. Paris is a very touristic city, you'll have to face overcrowded sites. There is much to say. First, I know a cheap 2 stars hotel that worth 3, but as long as they don't have an extra room per floor they cannot get this 3th star. Still the sight over the north of Paris is amazing there. Then it depends on what you want to see, what you are interested in. There a lot of museum, churches, old buildings, gardens, modern useless buildings and so on. Before christmas there are lights every where (even in my district), each year they increase the number of light. Spring is the best moment in the year. Not too crowded, good weather, good light. There are also some interesting place in the subburbs of Paris. You can also visit other regions, full of cute small town and local products. Feel free to ask me more about what you are interested in. I've only been vegan for three months, so I didn't really seek for vegan restaurant, plus I'm the only vegan among my friends... In fact I already know one place. "Le paradis du fruit" (the fruit heaven). They serve delightfull fruitjuice. I'll try one at random in the next days. Anyway being vegan is saddly not the best way to fully enjoy french food. Thanks everyone for your reception.

Trev, I've also checked your website. It's been the source of a discussion between me and my mother. She cannot admit that it's more important to stop eating meat than hardly save a galon water while having a shower... Anyway I like the design of your site. Thank you for the parkour idea, I'll check this out. edit : salut SeaSiren

Hi, I'm 22 years old and I've been vegan for 3 months. I (re)started bodybuilding 2 weeks ago. I found this site while I was looking for vegan weightgainer. Now, thanks to Bigwii's signature I'm aware of raw food diet. I tried this diet, but it's so hard to give up the taste of cooked food. My bodybuilding method is based on body weight because the gym is expensive and I can work out everywhere. The more I read about vegetarism the more I feel confident about my diet change. Yet I have a real hard time with my friends and family. Being vegan in France is somehow like being a drug addict. Now they look at me as if it was my last breath. This community seems to be very cool. At last I have a source of advise. Thank you for existing. Pim