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Off-Season Travel Experiences: Nice, France
Off-season France can be very rewarding Traveling in the winter conjures images of tall, snow-peaked Alps, red cheeks and noses behind ski masks, and warm hands around mugs of European hot chocolate. Or it may swing in directly the opposite direction, to the oasis island escape in sunshine and warmth, surrounded by relaxing music and [...]
Paris: Off the Beaten Track Spots for Foodies and Art Lovers
Paris off the beaten track: Some lesser-known spots to visit in the City of Lights There’s no shortage of material on visiting Paris. If you’re anything like me, before you even make it to the City of Lights, you’ve probably paged through one or a dozen travel books, clicked through the hundreds of Paris-themed blogs [...]
Bistro, Brasserie, Café or Wine Bar – Oh My
The historical and practical differences between a Paris bistro, brasserie, café and wine bar France is famous for its cuisine, and with establishments ranging from three-star Michelin gastronomic havens to sidewalk crêpe stands doling out thin pancakes with Nutella, the choices are varied. For most tourists passing through Paris, however, the day-to-day meal falls along the curve [...]
A Small Languedoc Wine Area’s Lovely Tamed Chaos
In Southern France’s Languedoc wine area of Fitou, good wine is paired with family traditions I’ve known Sabine for four years now; it’s hard not to know one of the only people in a town of 500 who can sell you rosé they made themselves, especially when you’re as big a fan of rosé as I [...]
Europe for Christmas? Or Home? Where would you choose to travel for Christmas?
Welcome to Across the Cafe Table where every second Wednesday we ask a question and share our answers If you HAD to spend the holidays away somewhere, where would you go and what would you do? Briana’s answer: Being from Boston, a December holiday spent some place warm and sunny always sounds enticing. I [...]
A Stroll Through Soulatgé: Explorations of the French Countryside
When self-proclaimed city girl Emily Monaco visited a small town in Languedoc-Roussillon’s French countryside, she found beauty in the people and places In French, soulagé means “relieved.” Soulatgé, on the other hand, means “pottery.” A family of potters, to be exact. Otto and Nicole Lindner, their daughter Claire, and her husband Jamie have several pottery studios [...]
Across the Cafe Table: What’s Your Favorite Shopping Find?
Welcome to Across the Cafe Table where every second Wednesday we ask a question and share our answers This month’s question: What’s your favorite shopping find from your travels? Our answers here this month come to you from both Margo and Briana. We can’t wait to hear yours! Margo’s answer: Once again I stumped myself [...]
Canal St. Martin: A Break from the Ordinary Sights of Paris
Visiting the 10th Arrondisement’s Canal St. Martin neighborhood in Paris Can a place be both tranquil and bustling at the same time? If it’s the Canal St. Martin neighborhood in Paris, the answer is yes. I’ve spent many afternoons and evenings whiling away the hours there. I’ve gone there to be alone in the daytime [...]
Loire Valley Wine Tasting at Chateau du Petit Thouars
What Travel Belle could resist a tweeted invitation to one of the beautiful wineries in France from a Frenchman with good manners and a chateau to a Loire Valley wine tasting? Today I’m in a waxing-about-Fall-and-France kind of mood, so I’m going to tell you about a favorite stop from my visit last September to [...]
