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The Sensuality of Food
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 1 February 2012
Destinations: Monte Carlo, Paris, London Book: White Truffles in Winter (a novel) by N. M. Kelby This fictionalized biography of the great French chef, Auguste Escoffier– – is delicious, scandalous, lascivious, luscious… The writing is lush. The author, N. M. Kelby, paints the portrait of a man obsessed with luscious food and delicious women.
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Author of International Romance Talks to Us
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 30 January 2012
CONTEST IS OVER. The FINAL daily prize in the January Giveaway goes out today. And then I draw for the Grand Prize Winners. (See below) Destinations: Milan, New York City and Brittany in France Book: P.O. Box Love: A Novel of Letters (originally 2009, but NEW in English– February 2012) by Paola Calvetti I reviewed this [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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France With Kids – A Guide
Blog: My Little Nomads - 21 September 2011
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Extreme Sports from Around the World with Hang Gliding in the French Alps
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 15 September 2010
See Trip Films’ adrenaline pumped filmmakers jump off bridges, cliffs, mountains and out of planes. Not to mention scale mountains, white water raft and most treacherous of all, race each other in soap boxes! One of my videos on hang gliding in the French Alps is included in the film.
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Two Opinions on Travel Memoir: Brittany
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 25 June 2010
France on Friday Returns (This book will be one of those given away in my Bastille Day giveaway, along with a French Collection of reading. PLUS Do you want to primp at a vanity? Pack your luggage and go see the lights of Paris? Win a $80 gift certificate to be spent in any of [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library
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Loupian Roman Villa near Sete, France: Traveling in the Languedoc-Rousillon Region
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 9 June 2010
In May we took a week-long trip to see the Languedoc-Rousillon region, which is located along the sea coast just west of Marseilles. I had never been to the area.
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Living on holiday all year round in Brittany - France
Blog: Heather on her travels - 26 February 2010
Imagine if every day you woke up and this was the view from your bedroom window. Imagine if you came downstairs and sat eating your breakfast looking out at the boats bobbing on the water. And on sunny days, you walked through the garden gate in the hedge in your swimsuit and dived off the [...]
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Yann Tiersen!
Blog: Half - 3 November 2009
Bah! I love my job!! About three weeks ago, my boss called me to ask if I could conduct a phone interview in French. I said yes, to which she replied, “Wonderful! I just gave Yann Tiersen your cell phone … Continue reading →
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Still on the way - Saint-Malo
Blog: Sophie's World - 8 September 2009
Still not actually in the Channel Islands. But on the way. Our train from Paris Montparnasse to Saint-Malo didn’t exactly correspond with the Jersey-bound ferry (not the fault of SNCF, I hasten to add, but me for wanting to be absolutely certain we didn’t miss the last ferry of the day). So, with a few hours [...]
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A postcard from Conleau near Vannes in Brittany - Video
Blog: Heather on her travels - 25 August 2009
If you step out of the French windows at my friend Isabelle’s house, where I was stayed last weekend, this is the view from the terrace. From the kitchen you can take in the sailing boats bobbing up and down and the sun sparkling on the water. Pass through the garden gate and it’s two steps [...]
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Gone fishing for crabs on the Ile de Houat - in Brittany, France
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 August 2009
The Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany, where I’ve been for a couple of days is a wonderful holiday destination, with many small islands off the coast that you can visit by ferry. Yesterday, we arrived a little bleary eyed for the 8am ferry from Vannes to the island of Houat, for a day of fishing for crabs, [...]
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