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Awesome 4 Day Light Show in Lyon France

“Protect us from famine, war and plague, Seigneur,” cried the Lyonnaise people in 1628. Alas, their pleas came too late – the bubonic plague had …

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Brasserie Georges Lyon | A Literary Feast

A few blocks from Vieux Lyon, with its impressively large district of renaissance architecture in France, Brasserie Georges seems to have changed little since its …

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Skiing in Les Deux Alpes (Part Deux)

The skiing in Les Deux Alpes holiday had got off to a rocky start. Expat in Provence Susana Iwase Hanson chose the ski resort of …

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Skiing in Les Deux Alpes, France

The realities of a ski holiday with kids, up a mountain, too far from the ski school and ever so slightly under-prepared! Expat in Provence …

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Bourg-en-Bresse | Chickens and culture

Over the last twenty years or so, I have explored much of France by travelling along its roads. As I approach a strange town, I …

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Festival of Lights, Fete des Lumieres

Festival of Lights Lyon

  The famed Festival of lights (Fête des Lumières) is the biggest and best known event in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes region, France. This amazing festival dates …

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Venetian Carnival

French Style: Venetian Carnival Costumes in France

Thierry Quique is a man with a rather beautiful obsession – the Venetian Carnival. In 2010, whilst Thierry was out walking with a friend in …

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Auvergne

Auvergne is one of the least populated regions in France.   It is a region of volcanic plateaus and large valleys, mountain ranges and huge craters. …

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Puy Lentils from the Auvergne region

For a recipe from Auvergne it couldn’t really be anything but Puy lentils really could it? The tiny lentille du Puy is both a common …

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Regional dishes of Auvergne

  The regional dishes of Auvergne tend to be simple, rustic food, nothing fancy just hearty tasty fare. The region is famous for its Charolais …

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