About the blog

Destination Angleterre

Bonjour, my name is Pierre Guernier and I'm the creator of this travel blog. Currently living in the South-East of England, I founded this blog to document my visits with photos and textual information covering history, heritage and culture. The main goal is to inspire my French-speaking visitors to travel and explore this beautiful part of England.

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Cathédrale de Chichester © French Moments

A blog from French Moments Ltd

Destination Angleterre is part of French Moments Ltd, a family business founded by my wife Rachel and I, and based in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

French Moments covers 3 blogs with their respective communities on social media:

French Moments

A blog in English that promotes Paris & France to the English-speaking world: for travellers, and school + uni students.

Founded in 2008
1185 published articles
DA: 58
Language: English
Top 5 visitors: USA, UK, India, France, Canada

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Mon Grand-Est

A blog in French that promotes the east part of France, from Champagne to Provence via Alsace, Lorraine and Savoie.

Founded in 2016
530 published articles
DA: 34
Language: French
Top 5 visitors: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Canada

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Destination Angleterre

A blog in French that promotes the beautiful destinations of south-east England to the French-speaking world.

Founded in mid 2021
90 published articles
DA: 20
Language: French
Top 5 visitors: France, USA, UK, China, Ireland

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My Story

Pierre

Hi, Pierre here! I am a French/Australian who is passionate about Europe and its culture.
I was born in Nancy, France and grew up in the historic town of Speyer, Germany. During my adult life, I've also lived in Australia (Sydney and Sunshine Coast) and England (London, East and West Sussex).

I have a background teaching French, Economics and Current Affairs, and holds a Master of Translating and Interpreting English-French with the degree of Master of International Relations, and a degree of Economics and Management.

In 2008, as we were living in Sydney, Australia, my wife Rachel and I founded a business with the name “French Moments” and started a boutique French language school in the leafy suburbs of Mosman.

Then in September 2014, after many years teaching the Australian community, we took the big decision to close our French language centre in Sydney and returned in Europe to be closer to our families.

From 2014 to 2017, we lived in the beautiful town of Maisons-Laffitte near Paris. Then, from 2017 to 2019 we moved to the French Alps (Annecy and the Tarentaise Valley).

Since Summer 2019 we have relocated in Burwash and Emsworth in South-East England where I continue the French journey by developing our three blogs.

What the blog Destination Angleterre is about!

In the blog Destination Angleterre, visitors will find an array of photos and articles about places of interest in south-east England, as well as: history, architecture, local customs, traditions and basically anything which tickles our fancy about England.

How we can work together!

I'm available for collaboration and advertising in the travel industry.

I'm always interested in exploring new places and experiencing adventures to share them with my readers. Sometimes I am accompanied on my discovery walks by my daughter Aimée.

I look forward to publishing exciting stories from the road, reviewing the sites I stayed at, and sharing stunning images from destinations in England and France.

Histoire de Chichester - Cathedral Close © French Moments

Visite de Chichester - Vicar's Close © French Moments

La High Street de Winchester illuminée pour Noël © French Moments

La neige en Angleterre - Burwash © French Moments

Champs de lavande en Angleterre © French Moments

I'm a trusted resource for travel tips and destination guides, and it's my passion to help and inspire my readers. I give them free travel advice, presenting the best locations, attractions and accommodations in France and England.

Whether you are an tourist board, a travel agent or a company, we can partner in planning:

Blog trips in England to cover your destination.
Sponsored posts published on our blog or guest posts on your website.
Affiliation and sponsored links.

Some of the tourist boards in France I've worked with in the past:

Inspire Metz (Tourist board of Metz, Lorraine)
Nancy Tourisme (Tourist board of Nancy, Lorraine)
Visit Mulhouse (Tourist board of Mulhouse, Alsace)
Strasbourg Tourisme (Tourist board of Strasbourg, Alsace)
I Lake Annecy (Tourist board of Annecy, Haute-Savoie)
Bourgogne Tourisme (Tourist board of Burgundy)
Lorraine Tourisme (Tourist board of Lorraine)
La Plagne (French Alps)
Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs (French Alps)
Compagnie du Mont-Blanc (French Alps)

For all advertising and PR inquiries please contact me or visit our dedicated page (in English):

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What our readers say

Somehow your blog appeared on my computer much to my delight.. This is just what I want having done all the touristy things I want to get into the real parts of Paris.

Jill ● USA

Thanks to you, we had a wonderful holiday near Colmar. The visits to the places you suggested won us over. Thank you so much for your very detailed articles which make us dream and above all give us the necessary indications to discover the Grand Est.

Patricia ● France

I wanted to let you know how interesting I find your writing. I was to be travelling in France about now but . . . In locked down Melbourne I travelled in my mind instead and read your posts and follow up on the information in them. Again, thank you.

Suzanne ● Australia

You are a treasure, and no one knows France as you do, and your photography to support it all is sublime!

Marshall ● USA

Bravo for what you do: it's always with a lot of passion, precision ... it's simply very lively and so "local".

Sylvie ● France

I wanted to tell you that your blog does exactly what I want it to do. It shows me different areas of France, gives a personal perspective, gives me ideas on what areas I would like to see..