For years, I wanted to see the famous Champs de Lavande en Provence , but it wasn’t meant to be until 2015! Why? The first few visits to France, I never made it down to South of France, and when I finally …
Category: Regions
Burgundy & Champagne
The vinyards of Burgundy and Champagne are quite different from the ones in Bordeaux region. But, so are the wines! Why group these two regions together? Close in proximity and the fact you could easily spend 4 or 5 days …
Provence II : Arles, Avignon, Marseille
Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and grey, Look out on a summer’s day, With eyes that know the darkness in my soul…But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you…” (from …
Brittany (Bretagne)
Brittany is like an open museum of beauty captured on a post card! It covers 5% of France, has over 400,000 visitors a year, and offers: BUTTER, blue ocean, varying landscape, islands, oldest famous crepes (Gallet- see recipe page), great seafood, Celtic heritage and ancient …
Chateaux Country
The Loire Valley is like a gigantic Disneyland of Chateaux, except all the Chateaux are real!It is known as the heart of France, Coeur de France. Imagine walking in the footsteps of Leonardo Da Vinci at Clos-Luce in Amboise, or walk through …
Paris & Surroundings
Before you say Un Croissant s’il vous plait, you MUST LEARN the Metro, RER and the Bus system if you want to get around in Paris and Surroundings. Unless you are walking or taking the taxi everywhere. Paris Paris, with …
Lyon & the Alps
Lyon is where I would go to get away from Paris and still feel I am in a big city! Lyon is best known for its Gastronomy, the birth place of French Nouvelle Cuisine, and silk, the oldest silk factories …
Alsace, Strasbourg and the Grand Est
Like a ping pong, the region of Alsace has gone back and forth between France and Germany throughout its history, immersed in the Franco-German culture, one can definetly feel one is somewhere very different than the rest of France! Of …
