Best travel blog MarieClaire.fr
ENOh, my! I'm not the least bit proud. I'd already been noticed by Glamour, and there the writing of MarieClaire.fr has just elected my Bubbles Underwater & Beyond "Best travel blog"!!!
Here is an excerpt from the e-mail I received today:
Hello,
We are pleased to announce that the editor of marieclaire.fr has elected you as the best travel blog marieclaire.fr.
We're delighted to offer you a superb Dreams of Exception boxed set with our partner Wonderbox.
The 6 best blogs selected and awarded during the year will again be submitted to the marieclaire.fr editorial team and posted on the site on May 10, 2010.
From May 13, 2010, an honorary jury made up of members of the editorial staff will elect "marieclaire.fr's favorite blog", all themes combined, as the overall winner, who will win a week's stay at the Indian Resort & Spa **** for 2 people in Mauritius, worth €9,200, with the site Apavou-hotels.com...
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Pfff... I can't believe it.
So I've already won a "Rêves d'exception boxed set" (it took me a while to work out what it was all about, but now I've found it, by going to the relevant page on Wonderbox).
I wonder what it's going to be like, and if I'll be able to choose the theme I want... A flight lesson? A great meal in a great hotel? A trip to Marseille's calanques? I haven't had time to go through the list yet, but I'll take a closer look.
What's more, they're offering me a starred holiday in Mauritius for €9,200! I can't believe it.
😮 😯 8)
As someone who usually keeps a tight rein on my accommodation budget, with guesthouses for backpackers at €10-15 a night maximum, this makes me a little dizzy. I could afford a dozen round-trip plane tickets to Asia with that kind of money...
Bugger.
To think that I'd been dreaming of discovering Mauritius for a long time! But in these "grand luxe" conditions, it was unimaginable... Oh, dear... What if I won?
Ah... It's good to dream! See you in May!
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😀 Awesome!!!
And in addition, you deserve it !!!
Oh oh oh! That's beautiful!
Did you sign up or was it Marie Claire who discovered you?
It's huge in any case, fingers crossed for the rest 😉
😀 so that's great a thousand bravos ❗
and then Maurice..... wasn't it you who said you'd be envious of me going there soon 😉
We will closely monitor the final results! in any case I cross fingers!
@Manta: I don't know if I “deserve” it, but that's awesome, that is!!!!
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@Paco: In fact (unlike the operation at Glamour, where they had spotted the blog without any intervention on my part), baited by the trip to Mauritius to be won, I had followed a tweet that gave the link to the contest. And that's how I signed up, without really believing it. Since then, I'd completely forgotten about it... until today! I'm keeping my fingers crossed too. You never know!
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@Laurence: Well, yes. You made me want it too much. In fact, it's all your fault!
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I discovered your site a little while ago... I'm discovering Asia through your eyes... it makes you dream....
we're keeping our fingers crossed for you 😉
ps: if you need a luggage porter or a photo cover for star... I only know Lille St-maurice 😉
Hello!
Congratulations!
See you
Elisa, Argentina
clap clap clap clap clap!!! 8) 😉
super felicitations ...., ça doit faire toujours plaisir et en plus, tu mertite bien. Your blog is really great ....
Hi Corinne,
It's great, they've chosen the best blogs it's obvious ❗ 😉
It's always a wonder to browse your blog and a source of inspiration for me too, who loves Asia, and what's more you've re-motivated me for diving, so I say: respect 🙄
Now you're all grown up...!!! 😀
You'll be able to say “Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs Because I'm worth it...”.”
May 13, 2010, you'll win, I'm sure 😉 8)
Bravo Corinne
See you soon
Good luck!
Congratulations
I had also entered this competition, but given the quality of the other blogs, I had made up my mind long before I knew the result.
I'd actually read yours, and my goodness, it deserves this prize.
I've lived in Mayotte for 6 years, and I'll be leaving the island in a few days, but it's a rare destination for divers.
And yet, there is so much to see in our lagoon.
If one day you've run out of travel ideas, think of this tiny peanut in the Indian Ocean, which belongs to France and which in a few years' time will be the 5th French Overseas Department.
Thank you for sharing your travels.
😀 hi hi hi et oui là je plaide coupable, mais que veux tu c'est à l'origine du virus voyage, au moins aussi contagieux que celui qui fait la tête des médias depuis quelques semaines......... 😛
Congratulations, 😀
All you have to do is take out a subscription to Marie-Claire, get a feel for the editorial profile, and adapt your site accordingly. Wow! 😆
Bravo! you deserve to win this trip, your blog is very well done, you give good info and the photos are very beautiful.So I cross your fingers for you! (If you win you bring us nice pictures, say?) Good luck.
Congratulations, you deserve it!
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Thib.
Eh eh,
after the glory on the web of the net and on your places of holidays 8) ...
Here comes the glory in fashion magazines 🙂
Beware, the step towards “People” magazines is faster than you think 😆
In any case it's well deserved 😉 M...e for the rest.
Because you're worth it... and Marie-Claire is already rubbing off on me 😈
@Laufla: Welcome to Petites Bulles d'Ailleurs! I hope you'll continue to enjoy the sequel.
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@Elisa: Thank you! I'll have to take the time to discover your blog too !!!
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@Guilhem: Thanks thanks!!!!
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@PhilippeB: It's great fun, indeed. I am really happy. Especially when behind, I see flowing so many very nice words, like yours.
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@Alain: Oh là là, so much praise! A thousand thanks!!! Are you going to dive back in? What a great idea!!! I'm so glad I made you want to get back into it.
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@David: We'll see ... I cross my fingers. But I'm already really happy with this first selection!
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@Kaay: Thank you for your comment, it's very kind. I don't know Mayotte at all, but what you say makes me want to...
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@Laurence: The travel virus is super contagious... but this one, I like the idea of it spreading.
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@Richard: Thank you for this! But I'm not going to write “so that Marie-Claire will like it”... I'm going to continue as I've always done, in my own way. If they still like it, so much the better!
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@Nani: Thank you so much! I promise there'll be lots of photos if I win (and even if I don't, but they'll be of other destinations).
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@Thib: Thank you so much!!!
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@Alain: You'll see, before you know it, I'll be turning diving into a super glamorous activity (with subjects like: spitting into your mask is also good for your skin!!!).
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I hadn't even seen that! Congratulations, that's great... and deserved! 🙂
Hello Corinne,
In Mauritius, there are some really great dives to be had, as well as in Asia.
The waters are full of fish, and I've come across species I've seen nowhere else.
Good luck
Hi Corinne!
Marie-Claire, that's a chick mag, right? 🙄
And there you have it... it's all thanks to the slugs !!!!
Hey hey, Congratulations!!! So you'll have to write even more now! 😆
See you soon !
@ Marie-Julie: Merciiiiiii!!! 😉
@Matt: Oh, but I intend to go diving in Mauritius one day !!! With or without this contest ... 8)
@Anthony: Do you think it's because of the nudis??? I'll keep writing as I always do... See you soon! 🙂
Bravo, your blog is really nice and it's not undeserved!
@Maxim: Thank you so much!!! Your little note gives me the opportunity to discover your blog... what travels! I'm sure I'll enjoy browsing through your pages, discovering all your travels one by one. Enjoy your stay in South Africa!
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Congratulations with all my heart, Corinne. But, € 9,200 for a single stay! So, are you going to change the name of your blog to "little bling-blings"? Perhaps we can read articles with evocative titles, such as "Bali: they found" my "ROLEX", "Where to find Beluga caviar in Kuala Lampur", "Latest bling-blings in Mabul and Sidapan with my friend Rachida Etc etc ☺
@Max: 😆 I burst out laughing when I saw your comment!!! What excellent suggestions... Me too, I'm still stunned by the advertised price of said stay (p'têt sont trompés en taper le chiffre?). 😯 Well, if I ever win, I'll stay myself, I swear, no “bling-bling” reviews on this blog!!!! 8)
Well-deserved recognition (even if it is just a magazine for chicks 😆 )
Crossing the fingers for the sequel 😉
@ Jean-Luc: Thanks thanks!!!! We'll see for the future ... (Like what, it's good, mags for girls!)
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Hello Corinne,
Well deserved, congratulations 🙂
@Corinne: Thank you so much. What touches me the most, deep down, in all this, is to see all the comments and kind words, like yours, that have been addressed to me here. I can't get over it.
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Congratulations !!!
You've never had so many comments! !!!!Rebravo!!!!Biz!
@Vrel: Thank you!
@ Helen: This is currently the 3rd post, in the “top comments”. First, there's Traveling solo, and in 2nd position Preparations but not too much.
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@Nono: Great, as you say. And I, too, am blown away by the budget of said trip to be won. Maybe they made a typo in their e-mail?
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That's great. I've long thought they have great taste at Marie-Claire, so this award can only flatter you. As for the budget for Mauritius, it scotches me! You'll be walking around in gold flip-flops and sleeping in silk, if you win!
No, no, there's no typo. But not everyone lives on the same planet when it comes to money, and we all know that. One thing's for sure: you've got a good chance of winning because your blog is so much fun to follow 🙂
So do you have any idea when this is the result? You must be running around in circles in your living room in my opinion!!!! 😆
Come on, as they say, Inch'Allah!
For my tiny moment of fame... I did the blog of the week on Planète Thalassa a few days ago 😀 Nice surprise!
See you soon !
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Heuuuhhh !!
JH, 1.80, 75 kg, straight, warm, nice, cultured, caring, humor, geek, broad shoulders, rounded buttocks, clean on him, knowing oriental massage, buddy conf + door block + monit dive, seeks JF for stay Mauritius in luxury hotel all dates, not serious (to see) abstain
Dibs guys 😀
@Nono: We'll have to wait and see. But as there are also “fashion” and “beauty” categories, more in keeping with the themes of a women's magazine, and as this contest is never more than a marketing operation aimed at bloggers, I'm not at all sure that my stories of bubbles and my photos of fish will do the trick. Bah! I'm already so happy to have won in the “travel” category.
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@Anthony: See you in May for the final result... I'm not going round in circles, no. This first selection already makes me so happy! Congratulations for Planète Thalassa!!! It's really well deserved.
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@Alimata: I must admit I'm very taken with the “clipboard” proposal...
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Congratulations on your blog, I'm just discovering it because I'm following some guys from my region who are going around the world and who are also taking part in the Marie-Claire competition:
http://tourdumonde-bob-manus.over-blog.com
Your videos are superb and allow us to fully enjoy your travels.
Thanks and bravo once again
James
@James: And thank you for taking the time to leave a little note here and especially for introducing us to a new travel blog!!!!
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I took the time to look at some of the fashion blogs in the competition. Certainly, the style is different from your fish. So it's not impossible that the magazine takes its readership into account. You may not be wrong in not packing your bags for Mauritius just yet, but you never know... For the time being, I have to admit that I haven't seen anything transcendent, so you're still the best. And as for writing, you're easily the best. This is just my opinion and I share it.
It's a shame there wasn't a humanitarian blog contest, that would have given me a boost. And since I buy trendy Indian jewelry and handicrafts, I would have had a little chance... in the fashion accessories department!
@Nono: Bah... I'm not going to deny my love for fish. Thanks for your encouragement, and as for the rest, come what may! You could still try your luck in the so-called “feminine” categories, with your little touch of humanitarianism and exoticism. Little girls' hairstyles, Tamil decoration, the art of making chapati...
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Hello,
Who'd have thought? And you're helping me discover other blogs I'd never have thought to click on, which is nice.
@Nono: Yes, as you say... I had nothing to do with it, but it's quite funny to see how, on the web, one contest leads to another.
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Hello,
A quick hello because I think I clicked to unsubscribe. Horrors! As I'm addicted to your blog, I'm writing this little note and I think the resubscription will work. I'm going back to Pondy in January for ten days (we do what we can with the time off we have...) and I'll be thinking about the blog while I'm there, and even before I leave. Maybe I'll focus on the girls.
@Nono: Well, don't worry, it's easy to re-subscribe, either to the blog or to the comments. One click and you're done!
Ten days in Pondy isn't so bad, come on... I'll follow it up.
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As an ad says:
“Because you're worth it”
Congratulations and chok dee krap! for the future
cordially
Obeo
@ Voyageurasie / Obeo: Merciiiiii!!! 😀
As for the rest, we'll see... Otherwise, I now also find myself involved in “La coupe de l'info”...
http://www.lacoupedelinfo.org/
Well deserved
congratulations on 2nd place, especially as the scores were so close !!!!! 😀
@ Cloe: Thank you !
@Laurence: Oh, but you're talking about the Coupe de l'info, not the Marie-Claire.fr competition (for which the results will be announced on Monday May 17... just wait!!!). For the Coupe de l'info, yes, it came down to a hair's breadth, between Marie-Ange from Un Monde Ailleurs and me.
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😡 I can't see if the result of the Marie-Claire contest has appeared... The suspense is unbearable ❗ 😛
It's May 18...still no news.....The jury must be having a hard time coming to an agreement.... 😡
@Laurence @ Hélène: Still nothing on the Marie-Claire.fr site... Maybe they forgot. Or the person in charge of the blogs is ill. Or no blog has won and they're putting the prize up for grabs in a future competition. I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore...
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http://concoursblogs.blogs.marieclaire.fr/
Wednesday, May 19....Still no news.... 😆
Thursday, May 20.... 😡
That's it! The results are in: the cupcake queen wins! Congratulations to the winner.
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http://concoursblogs.blogs.marieclaire.fr/archive/2010/05/20/decouvrez-la-grande-gagnante-du-concours-blogs-marieclaire-f.html
Mouais....A cooking blog...Well, bravo to the winner all right...
But, again and especially to you !!!!
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yeah well it's true that clothes and food are very much in the Marie Claire spirit..... 🙄
We prefer the adventure and discovery side of things, in short, the dream!!! 😀
Thanks to you for this blog, see you soon for the next trip 8)
@ Helen @Laurence: Thanks girls!!! Bah, it's no big deal... I dreamed a little about this contest, but I anticipated all the same, from the beginning, that the more “girly” categories (i.e. cooking, fashion or beauty), would have a better chance of being selected. You're with Marie-Claire, after all...
See you soon in new posts, which will talk to you about other places and little bubbles!
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I who had made muscu to wear your block ...
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@Alimata: Do not worry. Continue the muscu, you never know ...
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