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Day Tripping from Paris – Maximize Your Time

Day tripping from Paris - my hints and suggestions for how to be your own travel agent. Day tripping is a wonderful way to broaden your exposure to French culture and history. However, structuring these trips to maximize time and remain budget friendly requires advance planning. And, I've got a few ...

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Hiking Adventures in France: How to Pack Light

Packing light for your hiking adventures is today's guest post. I want to extend a warm welcome to hiking enthusiast and guest blogger Robert Baker. He loves hiking along remote trails in wilderness areas and appreciating the beauty of Creation. He has traveled extensively across Europe, China, and the ...

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Coronavirus – Healthy travel after a Pandemic

Healthy travel after a pandemic - the hot topic of discussion. Many of us cancelled or cut short our travel adventures this spring. As we see restrictions loosen, the question arises -  When will it be safe to travel again? While still "sheltering in place",  I want to consider some of the France ...

Favorite Day trips under 90 minutes from Paris

Here are my favorite day trips under 90 minutes from Paris that I promised at the end of  the post Under an Hour from Paris. My recommendation is to maximize your time at the destination by taking an early train (before rush hour) from Paris. You may arrive before shops or museums open but it gives you ...

Favorite Day trips Under an Hour from Paris

My Favorite Day trips under an hour from Paris are a great way to experience more of France.  I find our vacation to be much more enjoyable if we are not changing hotels or B&Bs every couple of days. Picking one location as our base and then taking day trips is one way we do this. With that idea ...

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Backcountry of the French Riviera: 3 Villages in a Day

Alexandra is here again to share her explorations, photos and videos of the French Riviera. Knowing how to plan the timing of a trip is always a quandary for me as I don't want to miss anything but I also want to see as many places as I can. Alexandra outlines how to see three lovely villages in the ...

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Vintage Paris Photos Souvenir from VE Day

When were these vintage Paris photos taken? That’s a question I can’t answer definitively. What I know is my uncle who fought in France during World War II dated the packet 1945.  In addition, he was in Bar-le-duc during the liberation in August 1944. May 1945 he was in Paris for VE Day and ...