This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz and Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic. Just west of the Gulf of Morbihan, the presqu'île (peninsula) of...
Île de Houat This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines and Île d'Arz. Île de Houat Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic lie outside the Gulf of Morbihan, in the Bay...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to learn a little bit about French geography! Le Vieux Passage, Ria d'Etel, Brittany About-France.com is a great resource for learning: The regions The departments The major rivers The major railways Or how about this fun...
You are tired of the standard museum visits. You would you like to explore the Louvre but you are intimidated by its size, three interconnected buildings and multiple entrances. You just don't know where to start. You think if you step foot in the building it could...
As promised, over the next two months I will post a series of ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department, the Morbihan. The hike on Île d'Arz, described below, is the perfect complement to the hike I described in my post of late July on Île-aux-Moines. Île...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to visit one of Paris' monuments to the Holocaust. By the entrance to the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deporation The Marais houses the Memorial of the Shoah, a museum and documentation center. On the eastern tip of...
Later this month, I will post a series of Brittany hiking itineraries, to add to those already on the Paris Weekender site, such as hiking on L'Île-aux-Moines. So I thought it would be useful to first share my tips for planning the perfect Brittany hiking weekend....
Every month, I post a list of some of my favorite or just the most eye-catching articles, recipes, blogs and other links I have come across in the past month. Some relate to Paris and European travels and some have nothing at all to do with the themes of Paris...
This week's get-to-know-Paris challenge is to learn a bit (more) of French history. How? Any way you like. Pick up a book on some aspect of French history. For example, I just purchased Ina Caro's Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train and am...
Not many visitors to Paris venture beyond central Paris, the first eight arrondissements, except perhaps to see the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Montmartre. But locals know that the 19th arrondissement in the northeast corner of the city is home to one of Paris's most...
