France

An olive oil tour and tasting in Languedoc France at L’Oulibo was one of the best experiences of my Canal du Midi trip . The Languedoc is a well-known wine growing region in the South of France. As it turns out – it’s also one…

A Corsica vacation offers the best of two worlds; it’s the perfect fusion of South of France mixed with island life. And it offers two very different worlds as well. On one hand its coastline is heaven for beach go-ers…

Last year, I took two research trips to Italy.  I spent three weeks in Bologna and Modena and traveled all through Tuscany on the first; followed by Lake Como, Milan, Verona and Venice on the second. It was a busy year. This year, it’s France’s turn.…

I’ve always been a huge fan of train travel in France. It’s the number one transport method I recommend to clients who are spending time in cities or wanting to get from point A to point B quickly. With the addition of new…

I first visited Carcassonne France during my barge cruise on the Canal du Midi. That day, the skies opened up and it poured buckets of rain with a force I haven’t seen before.  The streets were bare, save for the water…

Home to some of the most beautiful beaches in Europe, Brittany boasts an endless array of simply stunning cities and towns to explore. The spring and summer months in particular, are the perfect time to see the whole of Brittany…

Visiting Marseillan France wasn’t really at the top of my bucket list, but it happened to be where my barge cruise sailed from. It’s a popular spot for boats and barges heading down the Canal du Midi. I was actually…

Poor France. It’s gotten such a bad wrap lately due to terrorism in both Paris and Nice. Many travelers are a bit cautious, or downright terrified of traveling to France these days. But, France is such a beautiful country and it…

It’s not easy to learn a new language. Frankly, it’s not always at the top of the list when planning a trip to a foreign country either.  Sometimes it doesn’t even make the list. But if you’ve decided that France…