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Cézanne's Studio Paul Cézanne was born into a well-to-do family in Aix in 1839 and except for occasional periods in Paris, lived most of...

Having been a Francophile for as long as I can remember, when I retired in 2019 I promised myself that I'd book a trip to France at least...

There's so much to experience in Paris; museums, churches, parks, elaborate Art Nouveau buildings, restaurants...the list goes on. If...

Combine a decades-long collection of contemporary art and a beautifully renovated 18th century building in Paris and what do you get? An...

Built by King Childebert in the mid-6th century, Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the oldest church in Paris. Childebert was engaged in a war...

The more I visit the Rodin Museum in Paris, the more I love Rodin's work and appreciate his incredible talent. Born in Paris in 1840,...

One of the many things the French do well is to enjoy their leisure time, especially when it means being outdoors under the sun. With...

Tucked away in Paris's largely working-class 19th arrondissement is a little oasis of pedestrian, cobblestone lanes bordered by lovely...

Located along the Seine River in Normandy and less than 90 miles from Paris (a little over an hour by train), Rouen is an easy day trip. ...

My daughter and I spent seven wonderful days in Ireland, one of which was spent at the incredible Cliffs of Moher. You can take a day...

When my daughter Katie and I start talking about travel, reservations are usually not far behind. This was the case when we decided to...

Killarney is a quintessential Irish town with a population of about 14,000, located in County Kerry in the southwest of the country. My...

If you are one of the 30 million or so visitors to Paris each year and you haven't heard of the covered passages, don't worry; you're not...

Varanasi, India on the Ganges River The urge to travel has been part of my DNA since I can remember and there's not much I enjoy more...

Montmartre is located in the 18th arrondissement at the northern edge of Paris. It's known for its famous basilica, its charming winding...

Perched upon the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement in the shadow of the Panthéon . Like so many churches in Paris,...

This is a love story, not as much about two people as about their common passion for art. Edouard André was born into a wealthy...

Parisians enjoy more than 400 parks and gardens encompassing over 7,000 acres of green space. And enjoy them they do; it's rare to walk...

This little island is 27 acres of tranquility in the middle of the Seine River. You can walk completely around it in less than 15...

When most people hear "Pantheon", they picture the beautiful ancient temple in Rome. As it turns out, the Parisian Panthéon, while not...

Perched on a hillside covering 110 acres of the 20th arrondissement in eastern Paris, Père Lachaise Cemetery takes its name from Père...

Note: this post contains photos of human skulls and bones. Stop! This is the empire of death. Paris certainly wasn't the stunning city...

Known in French as Le Jardin du Luxembourg, this stunning garden covers 57 acres in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Its construction...

This post is a deviation from our usual articles about our travels outside the US, but Denali deserves a special mention. At more than...