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Overview of Marseilles, France
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 24 October 2011
We took advantage of last summer’s good weather and visited the coastal area around Marseilles, as well as the cities of Marseilles and Toulon. This is the first video of a series of our summer trip, which features the city of Marseilles on the southern coast of France in the Provence region. Marseilles is the [...]
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Annecy, France: Annual Venetian Carnival, 2011
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 5 April 2011
Every year during Carnival time, Annecy has a Venetian costume and mask Festival. In previous years the weather was so terrible I chose not to go. This year too was wet and gloomy but not so rainy so Bernard and I attended for a few hours.
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Halloween in France
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 31 October 2010
Halloween is not a traditional French holiday. The first formal celebration of Halloween, apart from parties in French language classes attended by Americans, was in 1982, when the American Dream bar/restaurant in Paris began celebrating Halloween. At first the bar staff had to explain the holiday to each customer.
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Cannes – a Morning on the Cote d’Azur
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 24 April 2010
Everyone knows about the city of Cannes on the French Cote d’Azur. It’s primarily known for its annual Film Festival which usually takes place in May. I knew that too but was still astonished to see the handprints of movie stars and musicians in front of the Festival’s theatre center.
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2 Wheels and The French Riviera
Blog: GoBackpacking - 6 January 2010
It turns out that Monte Carlo is a ghost town at night and everything was closed at 8 pm.Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 12 core lessons, a community forum for asking questions and receiving personalized feedback, plus audio interviews and a blog.
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Side trip to Provence!
Blog: Ron in Rome - 3 July 2009
For the past few days my wife and I did our own bit of traveling. We headed, by plane, to Monaco and Provence. What a contrast these two areas are – and what a contrast to Rome! We left via Blu-Express, a small Italian airline that departs out of Fiumicino (Leonardo Da Vinci Airport). We [...]
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