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The Canal du Midi
For the final leg of our trip to France, we putter gently down the murky brown waters of the Canal du Midi. Built to create a continuous water way between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, it was completed in 1681 and has flowed ever since. We start our little sojourn at the port of Le…
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The Dordogne, France – Road Trip
We’ve exchanged the sophistication of Paris for rustic, rural France. We arrived into Bordeaux via the high speed train network and headed straight out again in our newly acquired campervan. On the way to St Emilion, in the heart of acres of green, luscious vineyards, we stopped at, what seemed to me to be, the…
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Long weekend in Paris
We have been in Paris for four days and today we make our way south to the wine capital of Bordeaux. Paris is absolutely gorgeous. And the Parisians are wonderful. People often say Parisians are rude and obnoxious, but we have only found them to be courteous, helpful and very relaxed. Compared to Londeners, their…