Visitors from all around the world descend in masses upon Mont Saint-Michel each year. This medieval town on its own island, linked to the mainland of Brittany by a narrow causeway, is an amazing site. But so many visitors come all this way and then miss some of the...
Belle-Île-en-Mer lies 14 kilometers from Quiberon, off the coast of the Morbihan, and at approximately 17 kilometers by 9 kilometers, it is the largest island of Brittany's islands. Belle-Île, as it's called for short, has only about 5,000 year-round residents, but...
I thought that with all this wintery weather, a flashback to my day on Île de Groix this past summer would be an encouraging topic for this week's post. Île de Groix is an island not far off the coast of Lorient, on the western end of Brittany's Morbihan department....
In November, we spent a fabulous weekend at Chalet L'Orignal in Chamonix. No, not "Chalet L'Original" -- it's not a typo. An orignal is a moose, a head of which greets you as you enter. The chalet's jacuzzi and the iconic Aiguille du Midi Chamonix is small city about...
My latest trip to the Loire Valley, this August, was certainly not my first trip to the Loire, but on every visit, I discover something new. Chenonceau This visit was just a one-night stop-over between a week in Brittany and a few days in Paris with my aunt and uncle...
I tend to avoid French food when I'm in New York. It's generally very pricey and anticlimactic. I'm flying back to France on Sunday, so this was particularly odd timing for me to decide to hit up two French restaurants in one week. But I'm glad I did. A sampling of...
Recently, I spoke with Maxime Morelli of iDBUS, to find out more about this bus option for travel between Paris and London. Maxime has also shared this funny yet helpful infographic, which he explains below. Lost In Translation - An infographic created by iDBUS coach...
I am still sorting through all my notes, photos and cartes de visite (business cards) from this summer's travels, but I will soon be posting four new weekend itineraries: The Marais Poitevin, La Rochelle and Île de Ré (4 nights) Belle-Île-en-Mer, Brittany (1 night)...
Mont Saint-Michel is one of the most visited sites in France, for good reason. If you are able, visit off-season, early in the morning, or in the evening when the crowds are fewer. But sometimes it's just not worth battling the crowds. Visiting Mont Saint-Michel is...
This summer, I started using MapMyRun.com. I had used it in the past to "map my run" but it had not occurred to me before this summer to use this tool for mapping my walks as well. This is the circuit I made, clockwise My first guinea pig was a walk in the Séné...
