Just a few miles west of Paris, a majestic monument to Franco-American solidarity in the First World War hides within the forest of the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud. This article shows how free and easy it is to visit from Paris.
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The Loire Valley town of Blois is an ideal place to explore French history in a beautiful setting less than two hours from Paris by train.
Fred and Heather go on a day trip from Paris to the medieval town of Provins -- a UNESCO World Heritage site -- with friends Amy and Aaron. In this post: * History of a Powerful Medieval * Merchant Town * Getting to Provins from Paris * Planning Your Day: The...
Our 4-day trip to Strasbourg, Colmar, Riquewihr, Eguisheim, and a few other Alsatian villages during the grape harvest season.
Our latest French road trip was to a country house in the little village of Perrier, Auvergne, also known as “in the middle of nowhere.” It’s not on many tourists’ bucket lists, but Fred and the twins have been going there for years and were excited to show...
Back in France, with a jetlagged 24 hours in Bordeaux and catching up on the pre-election, post-vaccine-pass Paris...minus one hour.
Learn one of the secrets of La Rochelle, check out the highlights video of my recent sea voyage, and...more Covid updates (including some good news).
On the final full day of our Summer Road Trip, Fred and I visit Rocamadour, a Medieval pilgrimage site dramatically perched on a cliff, and take one last glorious swim in the Dordogne River.
On the seventh day of our summer road trip we're still in the Lot département, but now in the Vallée de la Dordogne. Not to be confused with the Dordogne département, which is a bit further west, but the valley along the Dordogne River, which stretches from...
On what was supposed to be the “hottest day” of the week, we visit the famous river towpath, kayak the Célé River, check in to our last hotel on the summer road trip, drive into Saint-Céré for dinner, and stumble upon medieval houses while doing laundry.
On the fifth day of our Summer Road Trip, we visit two of the most popular destinations in Le Lot: Cahors and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. It also happens to be one of the hottest days of our trip so far.
On the fourth day of our Summer Road Trip, Fred and I spend most of the day in Rodez to visit its ancient cathedral and its contemporary Soulages Museum, then drive to our next hotel in Le Lot département just in time for an evening tour of "Queen Margaret's...
