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Great Restaurants in Bayeux, France
Blog: Travel With Julie - 16 April 2012
For a small town, Bayeux has no shortage of great restaurants.
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Notre Dame, Cathedral of Bayeux
Blog: Travel With Julie - 12 April 2012
You can't miss it. The centerpiece of Bayeux is its magnificent cathedral, Notre Dame. The 1,000-year-old church towers over every other construction and is probably the second most visited attraction in Bayeux. Oh, if these walls could talk!
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Blog: Travel With Julie - 4 April 2012
Photo courtesy of Bayeux Tapestry Besides being near the D-Day beaches in Normandy, Bayeux boasts of another attraction, the Tapestry. The embroidered linen cloth is 230 feet long and about 19 inches high.
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Visiting Mont Saint Michel
Blog: Travel With Julie - 20 March 2012
It was gloomy the day we decided to visit Mont Saint Michele and I was disappointed since clouds usually equal bad photos. For some reason, thought, the gloominess seemed to add to the mysterious allure of the place.
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Picture Perfect Honfleur
Blog: Travel With Julie - 5 March 2012
I was seriously giddy when we drove into the town of Honfleur. Oh my gosh, it is simply gorgeous! Hubs wasn't too keen on my excitement since I am his navigator and my job was to get us safely to...
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Sidetracked! Le Reptilarium in Normandy, France.
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 23 January 2012
Most people don’t go to France to see alligators. We are not most people. _________________________________________________________________________________ side·track (sīd´trăk): n. 1. A diversion from the main course. 2. A detour taken with children that you would never, ever take without them. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Who: Travel Savvy Mom founder Jamie Pearson, her husband, and their children (then 1 and [...]
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Travel Photo Thursday: Honfleur
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 13 October 2011
Unfortunately, we only had one night in Honfleur, the lovely little Norman seaside town that attracts summer vacationers by the droves. It was no longer summer when we arrived, and the chilly wind sent us scurrying off the street and bending over a huge black pot of moules for dinner at a seaside restaurant. The [...]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. We'll leave a light on for you.
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Mer de Glace Near Chamonix, France
Blog: Video Diary of an American in France - 6 July 2011
The Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) is a glacier near Mont Blanc, outside the city of Chamonix, France. You get to the glacier by taking an electric train up the mountain. You can just see the glacier, the mountaintop hotel, the Natural History Museum, and the Crystal Exhibit. Or if you are in pretty [...]
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Lady in Giverny
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 July 2011
I love Paris. I could spend the rest of my life there. I would never tire of the beautiful architecture, delicious food, and world-class art. But while seeing Monet’s water lilies on canvases in the Musee d’Orsay and Musee Marmottan is one thing, seeing them in person on a Giverny day trip from Paris is [...]
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5 Things About France
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 17 June 2011
Having published 600 posts, now, once in a while I start wondering if perhaps the readers of today’s blog post may have missed something from the past that I think they might like. So I’m going to do a little reviewing from time to time. Starting with 5 things I learned about 5 different parts [...]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. We'll leave a light on for you.
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The Undiscovered British Isle: Jersey, UK
Blog: WildJunket - 21 February 2011
Almost 100 miles away from mainland Britain lies a group of gorgeous, sun-kissed islands.
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Remembering Veterans of Normandy
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 11 November 2010
I gazed out at the waves breaking on the narrow beach and behind me at the looming cliffs above on a cloudy, cool September day and I knew how the young men felt on that terrible day in June 1944. Seeing the shoreline only yielded an intellectual understanding of the lay of the land and [...]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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William the Conqueror and Me in Bayeux
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 22 October 2010
FRANCE ON FRIDAY My friend Donna, whose blog My Itchy Travel Feet talks about Baby Boomer adventure travel, hosts my description of a visit to Bayeux, France. I am sharing some pictures here, but see the article for more details. Outside the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, a (reproduction) viking ship sits beached in the courtyard. We [...]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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Rouen, City of Art and History
Blog: Nono in Guatemala - 20 July 2010
At only an hour and a half from Paris by car and one hour by train, Rouen is known to be the place where St Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) was burnt. The old city center and museums can be seen in a day trip from Paris.
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Surrounded by Quicksand and History at Mont St. Michel: Normandy- Part Deux
Blog: MuseumChick - 22 April 2010
After exploring the abbey of Mont Saint Michel and getting great views of the quicksand and surroundings, I headed down to the Musée Historique located right outside the exit of the abbey museum. Small alleys and stone walkways lead around the Musée Historique with cafes to get a quick bite to eat. The museum was small and in my opinion, overpriced at €9 per person, but I was only here for one day and didn't want to miss the dungeons and old treasures housed there. After entering there is a display of archeological finds from the surrounding quicksand and water....
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Surrounded by Quicksand and History at Mont St. Michel: Normandy, France
Blog: MuseumChick - 16 April 2010
When I decided to move to Paris my biggest fear wasn't the language barrier or not knowing my way around, it was that I expected to get very homesick. But, after living here for the past eight months one of my biggest surprises has been my lack of homesickness. It's not that I don't love my family and friends or think that the USA is a great place to live, it's just that since moving to Paris there hasn't been much time that passes that someone doesn't come visit me! Just last week I spent nine days touring my aunt...
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King Richard I Travels in this Book
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 12 February 2010
Destination: Europe and the Holy Land Book: The Lute Player: A Novel of Richard the Lionhearted by Norah Lofts. (Original 1951, Reprint 2009) Norah Lofts said that when she told people the subject of her new book, The Lute Player, they responded, “Oh, Richard I. He was one of my heroes!” By contrast, the newly released reprint that [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Madame Bovary as a Travel Book– Sex Sells
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 15 January 2010
Flaubert's Madame Bovary can be a real turn-on for travelers.This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Flaubert in Normandy
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 4 December 2009
Destination: Normandy, France Books: A Journey into Flaubert’s Normandy by Susannah Patton and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert A GUEST POST BY Dr. Jessie Voigts Gustave Flaubert is considered one of the greatest Western writers (who among us hasn’t read Madame Bovary?), due to his love of – and search for – finding the right words to express [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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