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After seeing the Eiffel Tower a few times, climbing the Arc de Triumph at least twice, and many trips to the Louvre, I bet you’re looking for new things to see and do. I know I was. Here is a list of 10 unconventional things that are not found on many lists. Take a Boat […]
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The Festival d’Avignon has been taking place around July since it was founded in 1947. My cousins and I drove to Avignon from Arles. Parking and traffic was kinda crazy but I’m used to NYC traffic and parking so it wasn’t really that bad. There are plenty of ways to get to Avignon but since […]
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Arles is a beautiful old town. It’s the capital of the Camargue region and set against the Rhone River. It’s an old Roman town with many well preserved monuments. This is also the town where Van Gogh lived and painted for over a year. He was also hospitalized here. He painted ‘Starry Night’ as well […]
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I saved a full day for the new Roman Museum in Nîmes. The town of Nimes has unearthed so many Roman artifacts that they built a museum. The town is also trying to become a UNESCO heritage site. The museum was so new that they hadn’t received their audio guides yet. I was fortunate that […]
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Sunday in Nîmes was the perfect day to go to Le Halls de Nîmes. The town was quiet and I seem to be following the locals to Le Halls. There were stalls filled with Olives, tapenade, tea, pastries, meat and cheese. I grabbed lunch and headed to the Garden de La Fontaine. This was one […]
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Nimes is a town filled with Roman history. It was one of the richest and most heavily defended cities of the Roman Empire. This was the town I was most excited to see in Southern France. I discovered hotel and Airbnb prices were about the same so I chose to stay in a hotel. I […]
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Gordes Abbaye Notre Dame de Senanque Lavender Museum
Read MoreTuesday morning my cousins and I woke up with a long lavender filled day ahead of us. We were driving from Grasse to Arles. We made a quick stop at the Monoprix for driving snacks and headed out. There are so many lavender fields that we decided where we wanted to go before we even […]
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Traveling to Grasse with my cousins was an amazing adventure I highly recommend, even if you don’t have amazing cousins to share it with. Grasse is where perfume was invented and about 20 minutes north of Cannes. The original town made leather goods in medieval times. This apparently is a very smelly process. They made […]
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