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David Downie’s Paris Timeline sampler #2, the reign of Louis XIV, in a nutshell

Horsing around, in regal fashion   Why was the reign of Louis XIV considered France’s “Golden Age?” Keep reading and might find out. Louis’ period…

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#Paris Date-a-Day sampler: David Downie’s Paris Timeline, today’s date: 52 BC

    Why 52 BC? Keep reading and you’ll find out. It’s one of the key dates in the history of Paris (hint: it’s also…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight #1 Roscioli

This is the first in an occasional series of sample excerpts from Food Wine Rome the app.   Rome, the best food city in Italy?…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 16: Vercingetorix at the strange local history museum in Saint Pere sous Vezelay

  800×600   Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 16: Vercingetorix at the strange local history museum in Saint Pere sous Vezelay…

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 4 to To Vezelay on a Toy Train

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 4 to To Vezelay on a Toy Train   These blog posts are taken directly from…

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Five Easy Paris Pieces: Discovering Paris, Paris Part Two

    Part Two of this three-part series on Paris, Paris is more than a two-fer it's a Multi-Fer: The Blvd Richard-Lenoir Market plus a…

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Roman Holiday Feasting: Tis the Time to Eat in Rome

Rome has great food year round, as anyone who has been there knows (or ought to know). The Christmas-New Years-Epiphany period is particularly great for…

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A Day in Luxembourg Garden with Harriet Welty Rochefort

Fun in the sun (and rain) department: spend a spell with yours truly and author and fellow Paris card — Harriet is known for her…

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