Île de Ré: A Beautiful Island with Plenty of History
Come with me on a visit to Île de Ré, an island with beautiful sights and interesting history. And there’s salt – lots and lots of salt…
Category Archives: The West
La Rochelle: The Gateway to the Atlantic Ocean
Come with me to explore La Rochelle, also known as one of France’s gateways to the Atlantic Ocean.
Summer on the Île d’Oléron
After a looooong winter and what seems to have been a short spring, we’re now in the middle of summer! Mid-July to mid-August is when everything shuts down in France […]
Beautiful Brittany: The Pink Granite Coast
Brittany is well-known for rain. You can’t pass a souvenir shop without seeing an umbrella or poncho for sale. In fact, many souvenirs and postcards jokingly make fun of Brittany’s […]
Beautiful Brittany: Cancale, Dinard and Saint Malo
Beautiful Brittany, continued… Brittany (or Bretagne) is full of beautiful small towns, each with its own distinct personality. Here are 3 of the ones we visited… Cancale and the Stunning […]
Beautiful Brittany: Dinan
I had a few days off of work last month, and I thought it was worth taking a road trip to Brittany (in English), also known as Bretagne (in French) […]
A Summer’s Day in Bordeaux
When one mentions Bordeaux, what do you think of? Rolling hills covered by vineyards producing some of the best wines of the world? At one time, that was the first […]
Wine Tasting in Saint Emilion
If there is just one word that is synonymous with Bordeaux, it has to be “wine”. Or vin in French. So it would have been almost criminal to visit Bordeaux without […]
Climbing a Massive Sand Dune in Europe
Climbing a sand dune has always been on my bucket list. Going to Morocco was the closest I’ve ever come to the desert, but sadly during the trip I didn’t have […]
Exploring Cap Ferret
One of the great things about teaching English online to French students is that I learn so much more about the different areas of France, areas that are off the […]
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