Last month, I completed the last official segment of the GR34, the trail that follows the entire coast of Brittany. I hiked from Vannes to Le Tour-du-Parc on the Presqu'île de Rhuys (Rhuys Peninsula), spotting the bike and rental car in order to hike one-way and sleep...
A number of people have asked me over the years what to do in Paris or elsewhere in France if visiting around Christmas and New Year's. These are generally family holidays in France. Many businesses will shut down and Paris is not known for its New Year's nightlife....
Complete France recently posted a list of their top picks for regional wine festivals in France. Quite a number of them are in October, so get planning now! The Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre right in Paris is this coming weekend! And don't forget, November...
Annabel Simms has published a new book to help us discover some lesser known secrets just outside Paris, Half An Hour from Paris. Annabel has a good understanding of what visitors need in terms of the practical aids. She includes a map of the Paris region as well as...
A few weeks ago, I joined a group of friends from the Anglo American Press Association in Paris on a bike ride from Meaux back to Paris. We took a 9:51am Saturday train from Gare de l'Est to Meaux, arriving in only about 25 minutes and for a mere 8 EUR. Just across...
It's always fun to plan a vacation around local festivals. Check out Paris Insider's Guide's events calendar for Paris goings-on this summer. Semaine du Golfe, 2017 And if you are looking to hit up some festivals outside the capital city, here are some useful...
It's that time of year again to start thinking about summer rentals! My house in Baden, in the Morbihan (southern Brittany), is available for most of the summer (and in fact, year-round if you're looking to get out of town another time!) Please email me at...
With all this wet wintery weather in Paris, I thought a little reminder of beach days to come might serve as a welcome break. But this incredible convex beach with turquoise water is not the Caribbean, it's not the Indian Ocean. It's in Brittany! Read my post from a...
Two years ago, I wrote about a wonderful book called A Gift from Brittany, by Marjorie Price. It’s the true story of a young American (Marjorie)’s life in the Morbihan, in southern Brittany, in the early 1960s. This is back when modernity had not yet reached these...
I wanted to share a couple of short videos from Lorient's Festival Interceltique this past August: Here is more information on the 2018 festival. Remember, you can bookmark my Vimeo homepage here, see my Brittany album here, my Paris album here and my Maine album...
