It’s just under two hours from Octon to Rodez if you shoot up the A75, but we have plans (of course) to see a few sights en route -- an abbey, a château, and a Templar fortress – so we meander along on the smaller country roads and make a few accidental...
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Today we started off with a three-hour hike up to the top of the “Cirque” in Mourèze, then a cool swim in our favorite spot on the Lac du Salagou, and dinner at another favorite, La Palombe.
Our 9-day road trip begins in Montpellier, and takes us to Lodève for lunch, a visit to the nearby 12th-Century Prieuré de Grandmont, and finally to dinner and our hotel in the village of Mourèze.
On our final day in the Hauts de Seine, Anne and I visited the magical Château de Pierrefonds and the WWI Armistice Memorial just as the skies finally opened up.
Continuing our exploration of the historic towns in the Hauts-de-France, Anne and I visit the amazing ruins of the Château de Coucy in a village of just over 1000 inhabitants (and a herd of goats) called Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique.
On our second day in the Aisne département of the Hauts-de-France, we visit Soissons and Vic-sue-Aisne
Exploring the Franco-American Museum in the Château Blérancourt and Anne Morgan's legacy helping to rebuild northern France after WWI.
Heather and Anne escape Paris for a four-day road trip through the Hauts-de-France region visiting castles, museums, gardens, cathedrals, and WWI sites in Compiègne, Blérancourt, Soissons, Courcy, and Pierrefonds.
I only had a few hours to explore the French Atlantic seaside town of La Rochelle earlier this week, but that was enough to make me want to return for a closer look. Here are some of the photos and videos I took…
I just returned to Paris Tuesday after a week on a ship in the Bay of Biscay, just off the coast of La Rochelle, France. Although it might sound like a relaxing trip, I was actually there for work as part of my day job as Media Director for Sea Shepherd, a...
A little road trip with Fred and the Twins out to the WWI battlefields of Verdun for a couple of days.
After two weeks of sunshine, swimming, sipping rosé, and sightseeing, Fred and I needed a gentle transition back into our busy Parisian lives. So instead of driving directly back home, we spent a day with Parisian friends Forest and Thibault at their country...
