Mont Blanc, the highest point in the Alps is in the Savoie region of France and is a truly amazing site. It is straight out of the movies and as the small French town of Chamonix is the oldest ski resort in France, they really know how to take care of tourists. Obviously, the big [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by dianagene
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Intrigue, smuggling, shifty characters dealing in the black market; say, could this be
Marseille with its, literally, thousands of years of history as a port and center for trade of all sorts, legal and “un”?
Although the old harbor area is a bit seedy not unlike many harbors, it is also beautiful and just down the coast [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by dianagene
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The world’s tallest vehicular bridge….
can be seen from a long ways off.
In fact, its first design plans for Le Viaduct de Millau were filed in 1987 and it was completed December 14, 2004 on budget and three weeks early. So Jacques Chirac, then the president of France, could see it a long ways off as [...]
Posted on June 21st, 2009 by dianagene
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What do you do if you live in the middle ages; no T.V., no major league sports, no recreational shopping. Probably you work from dawn to dark just getting enough food to not starve to death and enough firewood to keep from freezing. But when the weather allows and you happen to get lucky enough [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2009 by dianagene
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The rolling hills, a touch of humidity in the air, the winter wheat being cut and dried; is this Kansas Dorothy?
“where did that rabbit go?”
Ummm…. I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore
This is Chateau de Gavaudun , which served as the center for our visit
Perhaps this is the area just south of the Loire [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2009 by dianagene
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The stimulus packages are starting to do their money magic, so there is no reason to put off buying that house you have always wanted and deserve! Real Estate prices will not get any lower then they are now and we are sure if you present your lender with one of our prestige properties, they [...]
Posted on June 11th, 2009 by dianagene
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On a foggy morning with the sun desperately trying to burn its way through the clouds, we ride the curvy roads toward the Atlantic coast where Brittany and Normandy meet. A visual treat waits for us and again we are seeking the grandeur and magnificence of another special rock.
MONT SAINT MICHEL
This island, located about 1 [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by dianagene
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If you drive a little southwest of Giverny you find yourself in the land of the World War II D-Day Invasion. And while this area of Normandy offers many, many other things, we found ourselves seeking out those scenes we had seen at the movies so many times. Perhaps it is the idea of good [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2009 by dianagene
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After our sojourn through Iberia, we returned to Paris, our temporary home. It felt VERY good to be back and have familiar things and places around us. But a couple of months at rest is plenty for those who have many places yet to see. So we headed out once more. This time to drive [...]
Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by dianagene
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