Fontfroide Abbaye- dine where monks prayed
In the foothills of the Corbières mountains of the Aude department in the South of France is the Abbaye Fontfroide, which was founded by Benedictine monks in 1093 but is now restored...
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That giant 538 passenger airplane
I first realized that there are many aircraft fans after I wrote about traveling aboard the Airbus 380 from Washington Dulles Airport to Paris in May. The huge double level airship...
Connections: France, Quebec, Highland Heights
For more than 300 years St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec City has been a place where healing miracles occurred. One of the reasons I am so enamored of travel is...
South of France coming Sunday
Lounging with a newspaper is a Sunday morning pasttime in the south of France, where this was shot at the Domaine des Clos. 8n Discovering why wine tastes how it does in...
Blogging from France
The entire process from Europe leaves much to be desired. Here they call wi-fi wee-fee and until just a few minutes ago we’ve been in very rural places where it was unreliable...
Heading to France again
I’ve begun doing my homework for a France wine and food trip I’ll be taking in a few weeks. We’ll be in Languedoc, the area in the southeast part of France where...
Valentine romance in Loire
Just as it’s difficult to say goodbye to a great book, so it was hard for me to end my four-part series about exploring France’s Loire Valley chateaux. I loved every minute...
Exquisite sleeps in Loire chateaux
Château de Chissay is one of several chateaus in France’s Loire Valley to offer overnight accommodations to visitors. Chateau Chissay’s dining room awaits with fine china, crystal and starched tablecloths. Both...
Learning from others
I learned lots from my group of international journalists while visiting France’s Loire Valley in September. The ten of us, shown here after our wonderful hot-air balloon voyage, came from Tokyo, Hong...
Loire chateaux gardens
Château de Chenonceau visitors look over some of the gardens originated in the 16th century by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici as kayakers on the river over which the chateau ...
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