Our home in the small town of Baden, a mile from the coast in the southern Brittany department of the Morbihan is available starting July 14th! It's a four-bedroom house that sleeps 6 adults (or up to 8 adults with an air mattress). There is also a room with a crib....
Last year after a trip to Sark and Brittany, my mom and I stayed in an airport hotel by CDG before an early morning flight to the U.S. It was easier to take the train directly from Rennes to the airport and bypass the city center. And at $46.68 for the night, the...
I was a huge skeptic....having lived in Paris for quite a while and driven in this city many times, I could not imagine that driving in the city center could actually be fun (and anything less than terrifying in such a tiny vehicle). Photo of me thanks to Mary Kay of...
Twenty years ago, a small group dreamed of reconstructing an exact replica of General Lafayette’s 18th-century ship called the Hermione. Today, the majestic vessel is the largest and most authentically built Tall Ship in the last 150 years. The Hermione has set sail...
For readers living in or visiting New York this summer, Films on the Green starts this Friday, May 29th! Films on the Green is an outdoor French film festival co-sponsored every year by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FACE Foundation and the City of New...
A few months back, I wrote about the construction at Les Halles, the transportation hub in the center of Paris. For an update on what the new center is going to look like when completed, take a look at this video. It's a long road, and while not set to be completed...
Did you know that if you spent 30 seconds at each piece in the Louvre, it would take you 100 days to see everything the museum holds? Our friends at The Paris Pass have put together an interesting infographic that I wanted to share with you this week. The infographic...
Anyone who reads my website regularly knows that I have a big soft spot for Brittany. For three years now, a friend and I have rented a house in the south of Brittany, in the department of the Morbihan. I have written a number of posts on the region, in particular on...
To celebrate what would have been Edith Piaf's 100th birthday, singer Caroline Nin is returning to the stage in Paris! Caroline has teamed up with the Bibliotheque Nationale de France to coordinate this series of concerts with the BNF's exhibition about Piaf. Caroline...
RyanAir has launched a new travel blog called Into the Blue! Today's post, "Shh! Five Secret Paris Tips from Locals", includes my tip on a "secret" garden in the Marais. The post also includes tips from Lindsey Tramuta of Lost in Cheeseland, Haleigh from Making...
