RECORDED: Saturday 29 July 2006
DURATION: 42:42 SIZE: 39.2MB

SYNOPSIS: I chill out and tell you about our plans to travel to Scotland tomorrow, a retirement surpise for my Dad, the Edinburgh festivals and haunted castles. Listener feedback, more about accents and a special summer surpise for YOU. I look forward to hearing from you: nikinparis [at] gmail.com

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, UK

MUSIC AND LINKS:
Alex Mono, Pernambuco Tramways Co. :: Podsafe Music Network
Edinburgh festivals :: Edinburgh city :: Scottish Youth Hostel Association
NiPP#09 Cultural Confusion and Mish Mash :: The Speech Accent Archive
Shout-outs to: Archerr :: Ramble Redhead :: Hello Waffles :: Razzle Dazzle Radio :: Special Delivery Mark :: Zillafag :: Lee Word Side :: Adventures of Lee-Sean
Condolences to Mike Hipp of Podcast Soup.net
Vote for Ramble Redhead

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 NiPP#36 Heading to the highlands: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2413)

RECORDED: 13-16 July 2006
DURATION: 12:03 SIZE: 28.9MB
GUEST: Bruno

SYNOPSIS: Experience our Bastille weekend in Honfleur, Normandy in glorious, moving techni-colour!

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MUSIC AND LINKS:
NiPP#33 Honfleur life
See where Honfleur is (requires Google Earth)
Check out the photos from the week-end
Pont de Normandie on Wikipedia

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 NiPP#35 Weekend in Normandy: Download (1452)

RECORDED: Sunday 2 July 2006
DURATION: 38:03 SIZE: 34.9MB
GUEST: Special Delivery Mark

SYNOPSIS: More light-hearted banter on life in France with Special Delivery Mark. In this follow-up to episode #32, I dish the dirt on what is the down-side (there has to be one!) of dating sexy French men. Hear about those “missed opportunities” we had as young gay men, coming out to our parents, straight men that have sex with men dressed in women’s clothes and, lastly, learn a little bit more about my family background. Am I British, Brazilian, French or what?

MUSIC AND LINKS:
Ginny Clee, C’est La Fucking Vie :: Podsafe Music Network
Special Delivery :: ArcherRadio

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 NiPP#34 Cheesey talk: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2997)

First of all, apologies for the downtimes that my site has been experiencing. You may have been unable to connect to nikinparis.com or download shows recently. My host assures me that they have taken steps to correct the source of the problem. Here is an extract from their message:

“…it appears that there is a very popular website on the same Web server that is saturating the connection, I have moved you to another Web server that is less crowded, you may notice some downtime while the server updates these changes but once it goes through your site will be more stable. Sorry for the inconvenience….”

The temperatures here in Paris just keep rising. Here is the forecast for today! I’m looking forward to escaping from the heat to Scotland next week. More on that soon…

Source: BBC Weather

And lastly, if you use the JuiceReceiver podcatcher to listen to my podcast you may be having difficulties downloading the latest shows. This is a known issue between Feedburner and Juice. You can find more information on the Feedburner support site.

RECORDED: 15 July
DURATION: 40:12 SIZE: 36.9MB
GUEST: Bruno (well, just a tiny bit)

SYNOPSIS: A week late, but nonetheless, hear about our weekend in Honfleur, Normandy for the Bastille day weekend.

MUSIC AND LINKS:
Christophe Goze, Ce que tu veux :: Podsafe Music Network
See where Honfleur is (requires Google Earth)
Check out the photos from the week-end
Pont de Normandie on Wikipedia
The Krebs Cycle :: Hello Waffles

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 NiPP#33 Honfleur life: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2569)

RECORDED: Sunday 2 July 2006
DURATION: 31:36 SIZE: 29MB
GUEST: Special Delivery Mark

SYNOPSIS: Hear more about Mark’s exploits in France: his first experiences of death and destruction, rural life, exploding trees, golden showers and cute lifesavers. Audio messages from the website. Part two coming soon.

Photo: Ruffey-Lès-Echirey, in the Bourgogne region near Dijon
[click on the photo above to see other pictures of the town]

MUSIC AND LINKS:
Kick in the Can, Will You :: Podsafe Music Network
Ruffey-Lès-Echirey
Radio FG
TGV: Train Grand Vitesse, French high speed trains
Special Delivery :: Remarkably Mark :: Ramble Redhead

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 NiPP#32 Death + destruction in Dijon: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2705)

Thanks to the guys behind PodPress and MyChingo, you can now leave an audio comment on any of my posts. You will find an “Insert audio comment” link at the bottom of the usual comment space. All you need is a microphone!

Try it out and add your voice to the show!

RECORDED: Wednesday 12 July 2006
DURATION: 52:40 SIZE: 48.6MB

SYNOPSIS: A stirring episode about revolutions, the French national day, la fête de la Bastille, and our plans to visit Honfleur in Normandy this weekend. I also talk about why I have slowed the pace of podcasts down a bit lately and some geeky website stuff. Dinner with James, Bruno and some friends in Paris last night. Listener feedback and comments.

Picture: taking of the Bastille in 1789

Extract in English from La Marseillaise, the French national anthem

[…] This horde of slaves, traitors, plotting kings,
What do they want?
For whom these vile shackles,
These long-prepared irons? (repeat)
Frenchmen, for us, oh! what an insult!
What emotions that must excite!
It is us that they dare to consider
Returning to ancient slavery! […]

MUSIC AND LINKS:
Bastille day on About.com :: Wikipedia
Mireille Mathieu, La Marseillaise, courtesy of marseillaise.org

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 NiPP#31 Horde of slaves, traitors [...]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (3222)