France

Dinan Fougeres Rennes, Morlaix Monts Darree, Perros Guirec, Presquile De Crozon Locronan Quimper Pointe Du Raz, Low, Vallee De Traouaireo, DDay Beaches Bayeux Caen

2007

Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Montmartre, Notre Dame, Paris City, Sainte Chapelle, Seine Cruise, Aix En Provence

The museums of Aix span the range of modern art (Varasely) to classic (Granet). We also enjoyed the very pedestrian ...

We stopped in Albi primarily to see the Toulouse Lautrec Museum. We really enjoyed wandering around the town however, and ...

The roman monuments of Arles combined with all the Van Gogh sites (see where he painted!) made for a great ...

We made a quick stop in Avignon to see the bridge and a short wander around the town.

Bordeaux was a great base for exploring the surrounding wine country and a day trip to the Dune du Pilat. ...

The scenery of the Camargue region, just south of Arles, was fascinating - flamingos, white horses, and cool looking salt ...

Saturday, we drove from Perros-Guirec to St Malo, stopping at Cap Frehel along the way. Sunday, we visited beautiful Mont-St-Michel.

We spent a lovely afternoon in Carcasonne, exploring the old city, the cathedral, and the walls of the castle.

A wonderful day wine tasting in Chateauneuf du Pape! Unlike California wineries, it is difficult to go winery to winery ...

We went to the Chateaux de Loire for the weekend. We based ourselves in Tours. On our arrival there, we ...

The Dune of Pilat, also called Grande Dune du Pilat. Close to Bordeaux, it is Europe's tallest sand dune. The ...

While in Ariege, we saw the Cave of Niaux, the Chateaux de Foix, and the Parc de la Prehistoire. The ...

We headed to La Rochelle for a weekend. This is the bridge that led us to the Ile de Re.

We had such a fun afternoon at this hands on, open air medieval siege weapons museum. Everyone got dressed up ...

We spent a month living in a cottage in the countryside outside of Toulouse. We had a view overlooking fields ...

We took a trip down to the south to see the caves at Les Eyzies. On the way down we ...

We flew to Lyon for the weekend. It is the second largest city in France and is about 2 hours south-east ...

On our way in to Paris, we stopped by Metz and checked out the Cathedrale St-Etienne and it's fabulous Chagall ...

We made a diversion to cross over the Viaduc de Millau, the tallest bridge in the world over the River ...

At the end of our trip, we explored Nice. It was a little too crowded for our liking, but once ...

We spent a lovely afternoon touring Nimes. Just a couple of sights, the arena was fun to wander around, and ...

We saw the Roman Theatre of Orange, and checked out the Triumphal Arch of Orange on the way out.

A short hike took us to the famous Pont du Gard.

We visited the Saint Paul Asylum in St Remy, where Van Gogh painted some of his most famous works. It ...

Strasbourg is pretty compact, very dense, but full of wonderful sights, including the magnificent cathedral. We also really enjoyed the ...

We found lots of fun things for the kids to do in Toulouse and enjoyed walking around the old town.

We visited the Chateau de Versailles, close to Paris

Le Village Gaulois - L'Archéosite, just outside of Toulouse, is a construction of a gallic village (open air museum) ...