Why I Ride: Some people dream of fast cars and a luxury lifestyle. My dream is to free-wheel around ancient towns in the south of France soaking in the atmosphere. Riding my bike makes me feels like a kid again. Woohoo! I’m a free-spirit with […]
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The Bouchons of Lyon by Paul Jackson
Don’t expect haute cuisine in these. What you will get is ‘real’ food, and above all ‘good’ food, the type of food that led Curnonsky to refer to Lyon as “the gastronomic capital of the world”.
Mise en Scène in Marseille by Hillary Moses Mohaupt
Climbing the cool dark stairs up from the basement lair to shower before school. Walking to catch the city bus in the dark, the streets sleek with winter rain. Glints of sunshine as my host sister and I meet up with her school friends. The […]
French for Pinecone By Catherine Salcito
Owning an apartment in France was a long-held dream for us. David and I hugged each other after signing the contract on a charming flat in the Basque village of Ciboure. We ignored the three-flight climb to our new place and focused instead on the […]
Bastille by A.C. Koch
A Travel Story: Emma eyed the stranger’s bizarre drink at the end of the bar. “What’s he drinking?” she asked the bartender, who immediately shook his head. “Oh no, that’s his own stuff, we don’t sell it. He just keeps it locked up behind […]
Le Tour by R. F. Hamm
On the spur of the moment, I would see a stage of the Tour de France. My wife Anette, my son Ben (well into his 12thyear), and I were just ending a vacation in the Netherlands and Belgium and were on our way to Germany […]
