Tag: France
Spending an Afternoon in Strasbourg, France
Visiting the French city of Strasbourg, you experience what it is like to be an area that has seen tremendous conflict between various cultures over 2,000 years and the impacts seen today. From the German architecture of its buildings in the historic city center to the French language and food found throughout the city, Strasbourg ...
The Perfect Medieval Castle in France to Visit
Situated in the Alsace Region of France is a picture-perfect, mountain-top castle straight from the Middle Ages. Visiting the castle, Haut-Koenigsbourg, you are instantly transported back to a time of knights, peasants, and nobility as this medieval castle is absolutely a wonderful place to visit with some amazing views of the Rhine River Valley, and ...
Cannes in the French Riviera – Star Gazing at the International Film Festival & Visting the Medieval Village of St. Paul
In a city that is most famous for its annual international film festival, make no mistake about it, you are in the middle of the French Riviera! In French, the Côte d'Azur (literally meaning the Azure Coast) or in English, referred to as the "French Riviera" it is easy to see the reference to "Azure" which ...
How to See 6 Countries, 3 Continents, and 1 Boat for 16 Nights in April
For Amanda's birthday this year in April, we chose to do a back-to-back cruise with Holland America. The first half of the cruise was through the Greek Islands starting from Rome. And, then once back to Rome, we started the 2nd half of the cruise through the Italian & French Riviera and to Tunisia and ...
How We Spent a Weekend in Paris in January
Oh, ho hum just a little weekend in Paris. Living in Germany, sometimes I pinch myself when I look at a map and see that living in central Europe has its perks. Like the ability to get to so many cities and places in a short time. For Americans living in Europe, distance is nothing ...
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