France
Day 29&30 La Finale – Paris VI
We bought tickets at our hotel to see Le Palais de Versailles and took a 35 minute train ride…
May 31, 2015-
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FranceDay 28 – Paris V
The quartier of Saint-Germain-des-Prés became the hub of the existentialism movement, attracting intellectuals (like Sartre, Camus & de Beauvoir), novelists…
May 29, 2015 -
FranceDay 27 – Paris IV
We learned our lesson waiting in line at the Musee D’Orsay for over an hour. We knew that Le Palais de…
May 28, 2015 -
FranceDay 26 – Paris III
What a beautiful day — to visit a cemetery. Early in the morning we took off on the metro to…
May 27, 2015 -
FranceDay 25 – Paris II
Today we tackled Le Musee D’Orsay, a must-see museum if you are a fan of the Impressionism & Post…
May 26, 2015 -
FranceDay 23&24 – Paris I
After an adventurous road trip, we said good-bye to our Peugeot and had our hotel in Paris send a driver…
May 25, 2015 -
FranceDay 22 – Reims (Champagne-Ardenne)
We left Strasbourg in the morning and drove for 3 1/2 hours to Reims, the Champagne region. We did not stay…
May 23, 2015 -
FranceDay 21 – Strasbourg (Alsace)
The capital city of the Alsace region, Strasbourg straddles the French-German border. Although the ownership of Strasbourg has been violently contested…
May 22, 2015 -
FranceDay 19&20 – Colmar (Alsace)
Toward the weekend we headed north-easterly to the Alsace region. Our first stop was Colmar, which calls itself “the…
May 21, 2015 -
FranceDay 17&18 – Beaune (Bourgogne)
Welcome to Bourgogne (Burgundy). Life is all about wine in the Cote d’Or department of eastern France. Burgundy wine…
May 19, 2015 -
FranceDay 15&16 – Chamonix (Alps)
Pete wanted to see the Alps, so we took what wound up being a 5 hour car ride to…
May 17, 2015 -
FranceDay 13&14 – Avignon (Provence)
Before leaving Aix-en-Provence, we wanted to tour the home of Paul Cezanne, a pioneer of modern art, and his source of inspiration,…
May 15, 2015