Check out European travel destinations with a focus on traveling throughout France.

Top 6 for a Weekend in London

What would be your perfect weekend in London? Each time I come back from London, I am more certain about how I would like to spend a weekend getaway in Paris’ anglo neighbor. And now that I’ve finished my dissertation, I’m hoping for more opportunities to hop on the Eurostar and dart across the Channel. [...]

Discovering the Dordogne

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Back in August, my Bodum French Press shattered over my bare leg. Eight cups of near-boiling water poured down my leg leading to severe second-degree burns from the back of my thigh to the top of my foot. It took weeks of daily dressing changes, four visits to the hospital and a drugstore-worth of bandages [...]

Artful Destination: The Colorful Tiles of Lisbon

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Once the most powerful empire of Europe, today Portugal seems tucked away from the rest of the World, Spain surrounding it on the mainland and the wide open Atlantic to the West; a contemporary paradox as this is where the discovery of the New World began. It’s no wonder the traditions of the Portuguese, a [...]

Artful Destination: La Colombe d’Or

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For my last Artful Destination, I shared La Fondation Maeght. But that was only half of one of my most memorable experiences in the little Provence village of Saint Paul de Vence. Not far is La Colombe d’Or, one of the rare destinations in the world where guests can dine while marveling at a number [...]

The Islands of Charente-Maritime

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Four charming fishermen islands await just off the coast of central France in the Charente-Maritime department. Easily reachable by boat or car from the coastal city La Rochelle, the islands beckon Parisians come August who leave their city dwellings in search of clear blue skies, pristine waters, mouthwatering seafood, and warmer days. I had not [...]

Artful Destination: La Fondation Maeght

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The stories of the modern masters in the South of France have always fascinated me. And while living in my little Provençal village last year, I longed to follow their footsteps, to explore the same villages and landscapes where they once propped their easels and painted study after study in a rainbow of brilliant color. [...]

Leave me in London

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With classes out for Easter and my head heavy from hours in the library working on my dissertation, a weekend getaway was long in order! I packed up my Burberry wellies and raincoat, darted off aboard the Eurostar and arrived in London ready for a change of scenery. A lovely London egg for the Fabergé [...]

Roasted Chestnuts in Chartes

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The first time I ever ate a roasted chestnut was during my first winter in Paris. Until that moment, it had never dawned on me that despite the million times I had sung “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping on your nose…” Chestnuts had never been apart of making my Christmas season [...]

Road Trip France: Back to Paris

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The original plan was to take the train from Nice to Paris. While I was uncertain wether or not I’d be returning to France or not for school in the Fall this seemed doable. However, it soon became clear that TGV would never let us head to Paris with so many boxes and suitcases headed [...]

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