Bourgueil
Located equi-distant from Villandry, Saumur and Chinon many wonderful little villages surrounded our gite. Bourgueil was one of these towns that captivated my heart. [caption id="attachment_3472" align="alignleft" width="399"] Home of La Galette Bourgueilloise[/caption] Our first few trips to Bourgueil took ...
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Fontevraud Abbey
The rain was driving down and we missed the small sign for Fontevraud Abbey as we wound through the seemingly impossibly narrow streets. Upon reaching the car park, we had misgivings because ours was the only car – was it possible that Fontevraud was closed or were we just the only people out on this rainy October ...
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Menton
Menton France has been calling me ever since I first saw photos of their annual Lemon Festival which takes place the end of February every year. If you are in Menton in the summer, they also have a music festival every August that has been going on since 1950: the French Chamber Opera Festival. [caption ...
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Château de Villandry
Château de Villandry is famous for its gardens - described by many as works of living art. However, because we were visiting in October, I resigned myself to the idea that the gardens would be past their prime. I believed that the true beauty would be found inside the Château. [caption id="attachment_3360" ...
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Château d’Ussé is a Fairy Tale Castle
Château d’Ussé quickly became one of my favorite château. Another favorite, Château d’Azay le Rideau , is also found on the River Indre. Unlike Château d’Azay le Rideau which sets in the middle of the River Indre, the Château d'Ussé is adjacent to the river. It is so close to the narrow winding road which ...
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Orange France
Come experience Orange France through the eyes of Linda, one of our readers. Orange is just north of Avignon in the Rhone Valley, the southeastern geographical area of France known as Provence: Orange is often an over looked destination, not shining as brightly as Arles or Aix-en-Provence, but it definitely has much to ...
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Hôtels Particuliers du Marais
The first goal on this trip to Paris was to see and hopefully photograph as many more Hôtels Particuliers du Marais (old Paris mansions in the Marais neighborhood) as I could find. My first encounter with these old mansions in Paris intrigued me, so after reading a bit of their history, I wanted to try to locate as many as ...
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