Immerse yourself in the known and little known regions, cities and villages of France
Chateau Vincennes: An advantage to living in Paris is that you often stumble across less ballyhooed museums, monuments, buildings, and gardens that aren't ringed by souvenir shops full of berets and Eiffel Tower key chains.
Anjou - Off the Beaten Path: These were our last few days in France and we planned to have a pretty quiet time. We, however, had no intention of playing tourists and confined ourselves to more sedate pleasures.
Ahhhhh. The fresh air and the sea. We made it [...]
Le Havre, a city of resilience and reinvention, stands proudly [...]
There’s another Bastille, not the long-gone Revolutionary flashpoint, but the most iconic landmark of Grenoble: the mountainside Fort de la Bastille.
Brittany: A diverse and popular peninsula with an often rugged, spectacular coastline, an interior full of vibrant towns and villages, and large numbers of prehistoric menhirs.
Le Havre stands not just as a city but as a living museum of architectural innovation, political history, and the enduring spirit of community and reinvention
Brittany: Léhon is a delightful small and ancient village located a couple of bucolic kilometres walk along the Rance River from the much larger tourist hotspot of Dinan. It’s home to an abbey, monastery, castle ruins and several small bars and restaurants.
I am lucky to live right between Bandol & Sanary. If I walk to Bandol I walk by the beautiful open sea along the Baie de Bandol.
The Var: I have enjoyed a glorious six weeks traveling to many of the different towns along the coast in the Var. I think I saw just about every Christmas market in the area, and I loved it!
Come with us to experience French life beyond the cliché.
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