Immerse yourself in the known and little known regions, cities and villages of France
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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.
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01, 2024
The Var: A Beautiful Christmas Recap
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!
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01, 2024
France Off the Beaten Path: Normandy – Part 8
France Off the Beaten Path: Normandy has attractions: apple cider, calvados, camembert cheese; the Bayeux tapestry, stunning coastal towns and of course l'inoubliable Mont Saint-Michel.
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10, 2023
France Off the Beaten Path: Sampigny-lès-Maranges, a small wine village in the Haute Côte de Beaune – Part 7
Sampigny-lès-Maranges, a small wine village nestled in the hills (Les Maranges) sitting above Santenay, in the far south of the Côte de Beaune - saturated with dedicated cycle paths and historic quaint villages making a beautiful recipe for randonnées à vélo.
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09, 2023
France Off the Beaten Path: Passenans – a tiny wine village in the Jura – Part 6
Passenans - a tiny wine village in the Jura. Our decision to stay in a tiny and somewhat remote B&B turned out to be fortuitous indeed. The owner, granddaughter to the former winemakers, had recently re-discovered an underground cellar full of dusty old wines...
