My article entitled "Five Practical Tips for Making the Most of Your Visit to Maine’s Acadia National Park" was published on BootsnAll's Travel Blog today. Please check it out!
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Islands of the Seine: L’Île des Impressionistes
If you are looking to escape the city but you do not want to go too far, a half-day or full-day trip to L’Île des Impressionistes and the surrounding towns might be just the answer. It’s a no-hassle excursion: just take the RER A from central Paris to the Chatou...
An Hour From Paris: Luzarches
As you already know if you have been following my blog, I am on a mission to find worthwhile, hassle-free and cheap day trip options from Paris, especially those that are off the main tourist route. My latest discovery was the little medieval town of Luzarches, about...
Norway: the Lofoten Islands and Fjord Country
As a good (aspiring) Parisian, I took three full weeks' vacation this August. My destination: Norway. I have posted the full (and I mean FULL) annotated itinerary under Longer Trip Itineraries. I have included a handful of photos below, but please visit the Norway...
Château de Méry & Auvers-sur-Oise
This weekend, I was invited to the beautiful wedding of two close friends at the Château de Méry in Méry-sur-Oise, located about 30 kilometers or 45 minutes north of Paris on the SNCF (local train) in the Parc Vexin. With its traditional château and chapel and...
Hiking Along Brittany’s Southern Coast
I am now a bit addicted to the grande randonnées, the long-distance trails known affectionately as the "GRs" that criss-cross and wind their way through France and along its land and sea borders. After finishing the GR20 in Corsica over the July 14 weekend, I could...
Corsica: Finishing the GR20 (and a pre-birthday fitness test)
Six days before my 3Xth birthday, my trusted hiking buddy and I completed what may have been my greatest physical challenge yet (edging out the 2002 Boston Marathon only by the narrowest margin): the 90 or so mountainous kilometers of the southern GR 20 (long distance...
A Visit Home & My New Wide Angle Lens
I make it back to the U.S. two or three times a year: for Christmas and once or twice in the spring or fall, planned around a wedding, funeral or reunion (or oftentimes two or more of these events grouped together). Last month was my first visit to the U.S. in four...
Exploring the Land of Volcanoes: a Weekend in the Auvergne
The Auvergne is right smack in the middle of France, a rural region of the country with vibrant green hills, fields of sunflowers and farms with the fattest cows I have ever seen, scattered among the mountains, craters and extinct volcanoes of the Massif Central. Le...
Barbizon & the Forest of Fontainebleau
A Perfect Day Hike I am on a mission this summer to find more day trip options from Paris that do not require renting a car, and in particular, more hiking options. I head to Corsica to finish the GR20 long-distance trek just 10 days from now and I need all the...
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