Paris is well known for its architectural splendor, and one highlight I experienced was a visit to the Musee d’Orsay, situated on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station.
We had a day to spare on a recent trip to Marseilles . The B’n’ B we were staying at recommended a visit to Cassis (French pronunciation:kasi). We took a local train there, about 40 minutes journey from Marseilles.
With Halloween coming in two days, it seemed like the moment for this twilight picture of Mont-Saint-Michel, France, seemingly under attack by hordes of birds.
A walk through a picturesque town with PHeymont, who enjoyed it so much he almost forgot to take pictures!
On Monday the Eiffel Tower opened the renovated first floor of the hugely popular monument and it included a glass floor. The floors 187 ft high and gives visitors the sensation of walking on air.
When we were planning our summer 2014 trip to France, we decided to start with a week in the south before our two weeks in Paris, and one of the planned items on our “bucket list” was a long drive through the picturesque villages of the Luberon region.
There must be thousands of churches and other institutions devoted to Mary, known to Christians as mother of Jesus. Paris alone has more than 20 churches called Notre-Dame.
Frommers’ “Color Complete” France Guidebook 2015 is a great guidebook and a marked change from most of the later Wiley Frommer’s Guides. The big differences I noticed are that the info is current and there are a lot of budget options.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, whenever we visit a new city, town or village, we always seek out the nearest park or gardens in order to get our bearings and to just soak the atmosphere of the place.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Luberon area of Provence, is a small village with a big distinction. Its name comes from the spring that is the source of the Sorgue River, and that spring is the largest in France and the fifth-largest in the world.
Paris is well known for its architectural splendor, and one highlight I experienced was a visit to the Musee d’Orsay, situated on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station.
We had a day to spare on a recent trip to Marseilles . The B’n’ B we were staying at recommended a visit to Cassis (French pronunciation:kasi). We took a local train there, about 40 minutes journey from Marseilles.
With Halloween coming in two days, it seemed like the moment for this twilight picture of Mont-Saint-Michel, France, seemingly under attack by hordes of birds.
A walk through a picturesque town with PHeymont, who enjoyed it so much he almost forgot to take pictures!
On Monday the Eiffel Tower opened the renovated first floor of the hugely popular monument and it included a glass floor. The floors 187 ft high and gives visitors the sensation of walking on air.
When we were planning our summer 2014 trip to France, we decided to start with a week in the south before our two weeks in Paris, and one of the planned items on our “bucket list” was a long drive through the picturesque villages of the Luberon region.
There must be thousands of churches and other institutions devoted to Mary, known to Christians as mother of Jesus. Paris alone has more than 20 churches called Notre-Dame.
Frommers’ “Color Complete” France Guidebook 2015 is a great guidebook and a marked change from most of the later Wiley Frommer’s Guides. The big differences I noticed are that the info is current and there are a lot of budget options.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, whenever we visit a new city, town or village, we always seek out the nearest park or gardens in order to get our bearings and to just soak the atmosphere of the place.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, in the Luberon area of Provence, is a small village with a big distinction. Its name comes from the spring that is the source of the Sorgue River, and that spring is the largest in France and the fifth-largest in the world.