With a stunning sunrise on the horizon, World Traveler drops anchor at little La Palais on the island of Belle Ile, France. Belle Isle means beautiful island, and this is one of those places that lives up to its moniker. The small island off the coast of Brittany combines fishing and pleasure. Its fabled beauty attracted Claude […]
Kongo arrives in Douarnenez, a small town on the north coast of France. Not everyone was happy to see the monkey arrive in Brittany. As the ship dropped anchor a group of young cruise ship protesters lined the quay waving signs and shouting epithets. Later in the day, small boats circled our anchored ship to
Officially one of the most beautiful villages in France ( Les plus beaux villages de France), tiny Alsatian Riquewihr nestles among vineyards between the Rhine River to the east and the Vosges mountains to the west. This little commune hasn’t changed much in 500 years and was spared damage in World War II when fast advancing American
The beautiful city of Strasbourg lies a few miles west of the Rhine River on the Ill River. Nothing sickly at all about this ancient French city that was established more than 2,000 years ago by the Romans. These towers on the Ill River were once part of the medieval fortifications that surrounded the inner
On Kongo’s recent European cruise he spent a day in the French province of Provence. Wow. Warm skies, fishing villages, vineyards, olive trees. The tour he went on was called “Vineyards and Villages” and that’s exactly what he saw. Above are fishing boats in the little village of Sanary-sur Mer. Sounds French, huh?
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