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musée des arts forains

Musée des Arts Forains – A 19th Century Interactive Fairground Museum

The Musée des Arts Forains (Fairground Museum) is the amazing personal collection of Jean Paul Favand. It's one Paris museum you won't want to miss.An old wine warehouse is the home for this amazing spectacle. Have you ever visited a museum where you could play with the displays? We hadn't and we had so much fun ...

best baguette paris 2014

Best Baguette 2018 – Just Call me a Bread Snob!

The Best Baguette 2018 competition was held in early April and everyone who is anyone on the internet has written about the winner and those boulangeries listed in the top 10. Here I am, almost 4 months out from the competition, and I'm just now thinking about it. I am a bread aficiondo and love baking it but there was a ...

villevêque

Villevêque – a Small Town That Thinks Big

Villevêque - Quelle histoire!  What a story ! You can arrive by bike, car or bus. We chose the bus since we didn't want to rent a car and because it was on the city bus-line out of Angers, France. We wanted to visit the Château de Villevêque. It is connected to the Musée de Beaux Arts in Angers so we thought it might be ...

dames d'anjou

Les Dames d’Anjou by Laure Duquesne

Les Dames d’Anjou (The Ladies of the Anjou) is part of the Échappées d’Art project in Angers which began in 2016. This year, 2018, there are multiple art projects to enjoy. The street art first captivated me and I had a great time searching out all the invited paintings as well as the random “graffiti”. However, ...

street art

Street Art Discoveries in Angers – Summer 2018

The new street art in Angers was such a lovely surprise this year! I have always seen the occasional work such as this beautiful blue rose and what I believe to be an opossum. However, their origins are unknown to me. After writing this post, I discovered another piece of street art while walking along the river Maine on the ...

jardin des plantes

Jardin des Plantes – An Urban Oasis

Profitez bien du beau temps! Take advantage of the good weather! We definitely did that today as we set out to enjoy the Jardin des Plantes here in Angers. Parking close to the Jardin du Mail gave us the chance to see the newly finished work on Avenue Jean d'Arc.   Avenue Jean d'Arc What was just a dusty avenue ...

brocantes

Brocantes- One of my Favorite Activities in France Besides Local Markets

Brocantes - one of my favorite ways to while away a morning on a summer weekend. Every first Sunday of the month, Angers has an antiquities brocante held in the shadow of the Château. We had a wonderful time exploring each of the stalls. If by chance you see a sign for a brocante or a vide grenier, stop and have a look. ...