Kindle Pick of the Week: Whiskers Abroad: Ashi and Audrey's Adventures in Japan

Whiskers Abroad is a lively travelogue featuring a trip to Japan shared by two main characters, Audrey and her cat Ashi, who alternate recounting their versions of events. During a twelve-day trip, the pair visit several cities. Adventures abound. Audrey is still trying to find her place in the universe, while Ashi believes Audrey would sink beneath the waves were he not present to rescue her. Audrey’s daily horoscope offers tantalizing clues as to what’s in store for the pair. Written by Carrie Carter and designed by Stacy Vickers, Whiskers Abroad is both an amusing travel story with unforgettable characters and a useful guide for tourists going to Japan. Lavishly designed, Whiskers Abroad will delight both your eyes and your sense of adventure.

Buy book here: https://www.amazon.com/Whiskers-Abroad-Audreys-Adventures-Japan-ebook/dp/B0B2KYBV49/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Kindle Pick of the Week: Flavour with Benefits

Would you love to escape on a romantic journey? Your ticket is between the covers of the stunning Flavour with Benefits: France.

Discover the world’s most popular travel destination:
• Experience breathtaking France with over 100 original photographs.
• Sail by limestone cliffs on a warm Mediterranean current.
• Descend a glowing staircase to a wine cave filled with millions of bottles of champagne.

Learn about women who changed the world
• The Grande Dame of Champagne who couldn’t vote yet built an empire.
• La mère (the mother) Brazier whose restaurants set new culinary standards.

Food that doesn’t compromise flavour or health
• Enjoy 50+ inspired recipes accompanied by stunning photographs.
• Learn about food as medicine and a five-year-old girl.
• Crave a dessert that reimagines: I’ll have what she’s having!

Flavour with Benefits: France will inspire you to plan the trip of your dreams and indulge in
flavours that deliver a pleasant surprise.

Co-authors, Cathy Connally and Charley Best, are obsessed with developing new approaches to
iconic flavours served with a side-dish of travel. Flavour with Benefits: France is the first book
in the series.

A great read for the spring and summer.

France takes World Cup

A dominating performance on Sunday for France as they take the 2018 World Cup.

Joan of Arc Turns.... 600

The French city of Orleans is preparing for festivities over the next two weeks to mark the 600th birthday of one of France's best cultural exports: Joan of Arc.

It was quite a sight on Tuesday, as the Loire River swarmed with wooden boats filled with locals dressed in medieval garb — re-enacting Joan of Arc's legendary entry into the city in 1429.

It's an event that liberated Orleans from English invaders, and sealed her place in the history books. It has inspired, over the centuries, myriad novels, poems, rock songs, operas, plays — and even a blockbuster Hollywood feature film with Milla Jovovich.

"It's marvelous to see the children dressing up and learning about this great French heroine who's known all over the world," said Jacques Dubarre, dressed in a velvet mantel. "Of course we're also having fun."

In a testament to her international appeal, some 600 contemporary artists — from as far as the U.S., Japan and Russia — have made portraits of Joan of Arc through the ages that will be projected on the City Hall this Friday.

Should be quite a celebration.

Google Street View Catches French Guy Peeing

A 50-year old French man is suing Google after a Street View camera captured an image of him urinating in his yard and posted it online.

The unidentified man said the Google camera pictured him urinating in his Anjou yard and the Web site blurred out his face but refused to take the picture down, The Connexion reported Friday.

"This presents a problem because everyone has the democratic right to a certain level of privacy. In this case, it is not serious, it is rather funny. But if he had been caught kissing another woman, the problem would be the same," a lawyer for the man said in a court filing.

The lawsuit is seeking the image's removal from Google Street View and $13,200 in damages.

Even more shocking to me than Google using the picture is I now know that the French also pee on their lawn.