Posts Tagged ‘France’

Autun, Burgundy

Published March 19th, 2013

Autun, Burgundy
Kindly Contributed by David Downie, author of Paris to the Pyrenees, A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James. Alison and I spent nearly three months walking 750 miles across France — and we met hundreds of characters along the road, and saw too many startling, sublime or ridiculous things to count. Nonetheless, one
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Le Marché Bastille, Paris

Published June 26th, 2012

Le Marché Bastille, Paris
Kindly contributed by Marjorie Williams, co-author with Dixon Long of Markets of Paris, now in a second edition — and chock full of maps, color photos and excellent ideas for where to go and what to do. “My favorite activity in Paris is strolling through markets, so it’s no surprise that my favorite spots are
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Square du Vert Galant, Paris

Published March 30th, 2012

Square du Vert Galant, Paris
Kindly contributed by Susan Cahill, author of the new Hidden Gardens of Paris, A Guide to the Parks, Squares, and Woodlands of the City of Light. “They’re easy to miss, the off-the-beaten-track green spaces of Paris. But whether by metro or on foot — Julia Childs’ way of getting to know the city — you
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Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Published April 22nd, 2011

Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Kindly contributed by David Downie, author of Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light. “Hilly, wooded, with winding paths knotted around crumbling tombs, the cemetery of Père-Lachaise in Paris’s 20th arrondissement is just possibly the best-loved monumental city of the dead in Europe. Long ago I became a Père-Lachaise habitué, drawn by the serpentine
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