Visiting Lascaux, France’s Sistine Chapel of the Prehistoric World
I’d felt like I’d had a window into some of humanity’s first storytellers, and what the nomadic tribes who’d most likely pilgrimed to the sacred site had witnessed.
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European Christmas Markets | Reims, France – City of Coronations and of Champagne!
Our first stay in Reims, France seemed to be enchanted from the start. The Notre-Dame de Reims seemed like a beautiful version of “Our Lady of Paris” in miniature!
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Château d’Eoures, Marseille, France: Relax, Restore, August Eudaimonia
Choosing more than a spa… Eudaimonia – human flourishing, thriving, – the innate potential of each individual to live a life of enduring happiness, penetrating…
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The Pantheon – Paris, France
“Pantheon” is a Greek word meaning “a temple of all gods”. This has led to thousands of buildings with the name “pantheon” in several…
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European Christmas Markets | Strasbourg, France – So Much to See, So Much to Eat!
According to the official Strasbourg Christmas market website: “It was in Strasbourg in 1570 that the very first edition of the oldest Christmas market in…
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Walker Evans First Grand Retrospective in France, Exposition Centre Pompidou
Although he did have a “box camera like every other boy around the age of 14”, Walker Evans‘ education sparked the beginning of a…
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A Generous Family Picnic Under the Flag of Alsace in France
The rich historical region of Alsace in northeastern France on the Rhine River borders Germany and Switzerland. Strasbourg, centered on the River’s Grand Île island, bordered by canals and home to the Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, is the capital of the Alsace region.
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Paris: Future President Thomas Jefferson, Minister To France
Who was Jefferson in Paris? Virginia-born Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Statute…
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Welcoming the Spiritually Hungry – The Taizé Community in Central-Eastern France
After the extreme high of participating in the Women’s March on Washington D.C. and the following roller-coaster week of U.S. news, I could imagine…
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European Christmas Market | Strasbourg, France – The Original from 1570!
According to the official Strasbourg Christmas market website, “It was in Strasbourg in 1570 that the very first edition of the oldest Christmas market in Europe took place, then called the “Christkindelsmärik” (market of the Infant Jesus). Since that time until now, Strasbourg has continued the tradition of a traditional, authentic, warm and generous Alsatian Christmas.”
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Villages of Peace: Languedoc Roussillon, France
Choose a village, any one of 52 villages structured in the circulade strategy of medieval times as the Cathars occupied the region of Languedoc Roussillon in South…
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Moment in Time to Timelessness: A Photo Essay from the South of France
Bring your most sweet, most gentle and loving memories to mind and allow them to soar into the dreams for tomorrow. …Yet the timeless…
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