19 Apr 2013. Friday. Day 77. Showers and a bit cool at 10C. A biggish day. We were up early for our departure at 8am....
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France 2013 – week 11 – Flavigny in Burgandy
13 Apr 2013. Saturday. Day 71. Change over day again. A beautiful sunny day. 19C. This was the day of our 'big drive'...
France 2013 – week 10 – Luchon
6 Apr 2013. Saturday. Day 64. Why does it always snow on change over day? (Does twice count as always?) Today - rain,...
I am Canal St-Martin
I am Canal Saint-Martin a 4.5 km long canal in Paris. I connect the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river Seine and run...
I am La Madeleine
I am l'eglise de la Madeleine, a church in Paris. I was designed in my present form as a temple to the glory of...
I am Baron Haussmann
I am Baron Haussmann - I gave you the Paris you see today. Before I began, the centre of Paris had the same structure...
France 2013 – week 1
This trip to France could be called "Twelve Cottages in France". We are in France for 12 weeks and are staying each...
I am the Pantheon in Paris
I am a large Neoclassical building just east of the Luxembourg Gardens. I am a monument celebrating France's history...
I am the cafe Deux Magots
Since I opened in 1885, Les Deux Magots Cafe took over from Le Procope as the cafe of ideas and the place to meet....
I am Sainte-Chapelle
I am a cathedral of glass like no other. Ethereal and magical, Sainte-Chapelle has been hailed as one of the greatest...
I am the Museum of the Orangerie
I am a purpose built museum to hold Claude Monet's crowning work, his waterlily series which fill two oval rooms on my...
I am the Palace of Versailles
I began life as a small hunting lodge and became one of the most stunningly beautiful and visited palaces in the...