Go Find It

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As I told you in my previous post, I’m from Lille but I grew up in Rennes, in Brittany where my family and some of my friends still live. So, when I fancy a ‘French break’, I go to Brittany for a few days in order to ‘recharge my batteries’ as they say. Literally, it means that I spend my time (and my money) shopping and having coffees and other drinks. There’s one place that I always go back to every time I’m in Rennes: l’Atelier de l’Artiste. It’s a nice café located in the centre of Rennes and basically it’s mine and my friends headquarters.

If you looked at it from the outside, you would probably wonder why I’ve recommended this place to you because it seems quite ordinary but, in fact, the nice stuff is hidden at the bottom of the café: there’s a nice patio opened in the summer as well as in the winter with big parasols (that also can be used as umbrellas sometimes), in a bohemian trendy decor with a fountain and some strange pieces of art work.

If you ever travel through Rennes, come and check, maybe I will be there…

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If you have read the “about” section of the Go Find It blog you might know that we are all from different countries and that I’m the one from Lille in France. I spent three amazing years in this city. Lille is a really cool place where a lot of cultural and musical events take place all year round. If you have never visited the city I strongly recommend you to go there if only for a day.

When in Lille, I can also recommend you to go to a cool place which is close to my old flat and where I used to have great times with my friends: it’s a small and lovely bar called le Caf&Disquaire ( “Cafaydeesker” is fine if you are English!). There you can have both drinks and buy cool CDs. If you are a huge fan of music I’m sure you’ll discover some trendy new artists that you’d like to share with your friends, as I used to do. They even give concerts sometimes, check the Caf&Disquaire MySpace for more details.

Oh, by the way, if you stop by during lunch time, I think they do sandwiches as well. I wonder if there is anything they can’t do? Try it and let me know!

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I arrived in London for the first time in September 2008. I don’t know about you, but I don’t really like to plan anything. So when I came down from the train, I just had my luggage, a one-week reservation in a hotel close to Baron’s Court and… that’s it!

However, I needed to quickly find a place to live. I started to spend my time browsing the Internet and visiting flats and houses all around the city. I chose the places I wanted to visit quite randomly because at the time I didn’t know anything about London. This made the choice pretty difficult but, if on the other hand, it was an excellent way to learn more about the city.

One of the things I realised during this flat hunting is that London is full of beautiful pieces of street art. I particularly remember Obey the Giant, a Shepard Fairey’s graffiti on Talgarth Road, because that was the first one I saw when I was looking for my hotel on the first day I came to UK. Since then I can’t help looking everywhere around me to try and discover some new street art that I might not have yet seen.

Oh, by the way, if you haven’t heard about Shepard Fairey, he’s also the artist behind “Hope“, an urban style portrait of a man you may know as Barack Obama…

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