France - The Drafting Table

Follow the red brick canal

My trip to France this spring ended in Toulouse, and so will this series. (See previous entries here, here, and here). Toulouse was distinct from other places in France that I visited in a couple of prominent ways: a lot of the buildings are made of brick (giving the city

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Calanques-en-Provence

Continuing my short series about my recent trip to France, this week's post is about the time I was in Marseille. Marseille is a very cool city, centered around a large harbour. The harbour entrance is flanked by forts, and numerous vantage points (Palais du Pharo, Notre-Dame de la Garde

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Moutarde et Fromage

This is my second post about my recent trip to France. Last week I wrote about my time in Paris. This week's post is about Dijon and Lyon. Dijon has a fantastic pedestrianized downtown. It has lots of specialty boutiques, especially food related. There are a couple of shops dedicated

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Les Musées de Paris

A month ago, I was in the middle of a two-week trip to France. I had a great time there, and plan to write a series of posts about it, starting with this one about my time in Paris. Museums weren't the only thing I saw in Paris, but they