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How Queen Marie-Antoinette Almost Escaped to America
How the French Royal family almost escaped to America… of course we all know they didn’t but it nearly worked and it seems that their …
The British National Anthem is French… Maybe!
The British National Anthem, “God Save the Queen” (or King, depending on the gender of the monarch), is the tune of choice to represent Great …
The First Wedding Planner in France?
Paris 1902 and young Dr. Marcile is head-over-heels in love. The young lady who is the object of his affection loves him too, but her …
How to eat fish in France
In France, when it comes to fish courses, you may well be presented with the fish, the whole fish and nothing but the fish …
The Car that went to Menton France
Menton is one of my favourite towns in France and I have spent and still do spend much time there. The famous Lemon Festival is …
Visit to Saint Emilion
When we landed at the remote, industrial port of Le Verdon-sur-Mer at the mouth of the Gironde River, about 100km northwest of Bordeaux, it was …
The Day I met Brigitte Bardot
It was 1964, Brigitte Bardot was at her most beautiful, 30 years old and a major film star and sex symbol and for Peter Jones, …
The Day the Eiffel Tower Was Sold
In 1925 Victor Lustig sat in his Paris hotel room reading a newspaper article about the Eiffel Tower. Built for the 1889 Paris World Fair …
French People Don’t Hug
If you plop yourself down on a park bench in the U.S. and watch people come and go, you’ll undoubtedly see people of all ages …
Reliving the Past in France
One weekend as a Poilu, one day as a Canonnier with the 338ème Régiment, author James Vance takes part in two re-enactment events in France …