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2 Days in Metz: The Best Itinerary for First-Time Visitors
2 days in Metz is just the right amount of time to fall under the spell of one of north-eastern France’s most underrated cities. Metz is not Paris, and ... Read more!
Evian-les-Bains in the French Alps: More Than Just Famous Water
Evian-les-Bains is one of those French towns whose name you think you already know — until you actually go there. Most people know Evian because of the water. The ... Read more!
Travel eSIM for France: My 18-Day Blog Trip on the Road
I have just returned home to England after an 18-day journey across France. And when I say “across France”, I really mean it. This second part of my ... Read more!
Southwick Revival: Where D-Day History Comes Alive in England
Southwick Revival is one of those events that makes history feel suddenly close. Not distant. Not abstract. Not locked away behind glass in a museum. For one weekend, ... Read more!
Col des Fleuries: A Quiet But Scenic Mountain Pass Above Annecy
Col des Fleuries is not the most famous mountain pass in Haute-Savoie — and perhaps that is exactly why I like it so much. I have crossed it ... Read more!
Learn French in Antibes: Why This Riviera Town Is an Ideal Base
When people think about learning French in Antibes, it is not always their first image of language learning in France. For many international learners, Paris remains the obvious choice: ... Read more!
Strasbourg City Break: Watch My Full Guide
A Strasbourg City Break is one of the easiest — and most rewarding — escapes you can take from Paris. In less than two hours by train, you can step ... Read more!
Bordeaux Gastronomy: A Culinary Journey Through Aquitaine
Bordeaux Gastronomy is far more than a collection of regional dishes — it is the living expression of a city shaped by wine, rivers, trade, craftsmanship and centuries of ... Read more!
French Alps Experience: Hiking and Alpine Heritage
The French Alps Experience begins long before your boots touch a mountain trail. It starts with light — the pale gold glow on the summit of Mont Blanc ... Read more!
First Trip to France from North America: Tech Tips & Preparation
Your first trip to France is exciting — but before you start picturing café terraces and cathedral squares, there’s one practical question to answer: will your phone and ... Read more!
Secrets of France: A Traveller’s Invitation to Look Closer
The secrets of France are rarely found in guidebooks, and almost never in postcards — but you start noticing them the moment you live in the country long enough to ... Read more!
Your Guide to Dijon: Old Town, Museums, and Gastronomy
My relationship with Dijon began long before I ever stepped off a train there. The first time I visited the city, I was a teenager travelling with my ... Read more!
Renting a Car in Lyon: A Perfect Road Trip to the Alps of Savoie
My first road trip to the Alps happened long before I knew the region by name. As a child, it was simply our summer holiday — long drives through ... Read more!
Summer Holidays on the Ile de Ré: Villages, Nature & Slow Living
I still remember the first time I saw the long bridge that links the mainland to the Ile de Ré. There was a faint shimmer on the water, ... Read more!
Discover the Kaysersberg Valley in the Vosges
We are here in the Welche country, that is to say, in a part of Alsace where the language and culture are traditionally Romance. The Kaysersberg Valley in ... Read more!
Louis XIV and Mazarin: How France Quietly Gained Alsace
Let's imagine Louis XIV and Mazarin meeting in October 1648, when Europe awoke from a thirty-year nightmare. In Münster and Osnabrück, pens finally replaced cannons: the Peace of ... Read more!
Zimtsterne: Recipe for Traditional German Cinnamon Star Cookies
Zimtsterne (literally cinnamon stars) are among the most iconic German Christmas cookies. Fragrant with cinnamon, almonds, and a hint of lemon zest, these snowy white stars appear every ... Read more!
The Peace of Westphalia and Alsace : from Habsburg to France
This research on the Peace of Westphalia and Alsace tells how a peace treaty signed in 1648 not only ended the Thirty Years’ War, but also changed the fate ... Read more!
The Peace of Westphalia: The 1648 Treaties That Redrew Europe
The Peace of Westphalia: The End of an Endless War By the mid-seventeenth century, Europe was exhausted. For thirty years, the continent had been ravaged by a conflict of ... Read more!
