Immerse yourself in the known and little known regions, cities and villages of France
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05, 2024
Old Nice: Rain, Sun, Trains, a Pipe and Some Popcorn
Old Nice: Sitting in the sun when surroundings evoke childhood memories
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05, 2024
Finding hidden places in the most visited city on Earth: Or, how I learned to avoid tourist traps and love Paris again
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.
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05, 2024
France Off the Beaten Path: Anjou in the Loire Valley – Part 11
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.
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05, 2024
La Baule, Brittany: the best of la Bretagne France
Ahhhhh. The fresh air and the sea. We made it [...]
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04, 2024
Le Havre: What to see and do there
Le Havre, a city of resilience and reinvention, stands proudly [...]
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04, 2024
Fort de la Bastille: Watching over Grenoble
There’s another Bastille, not the long-gone Revolutionary flashpoint, but the most iconic landmark of Grenoble: the mountainside Fort de la Bastille.
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04, 2024
France off the Beaten Path: Pink Granite Coast to Vannes, Brittany – Part 10
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.
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03, 2024
Le Havre: A 500 year old city – the biggest harbor city in France
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
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02, 2024
France Off the Beaten Path: Léhon, Dinan, Brittany – Part 9
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.
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01, 2024
Provence: A Walk to Bandol in Winter
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.
