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France: Bonjour!
Bonjour Madame! Bonjour Monsieur!
Parlez vous Anglais, s'il vous plait?
Merci beaucoup!

I LOVE France! Wished that I could speak more French, that beautifully melody sounded French, than the few above! :)

The France pages are under construction. Please email me should you have any question about those areas (or anywhere on my list). Thanks for stopping by and especially your patience. Any advice will be highly appreciated as well.

Our France trip was mainly in three regions, Paris, Loire Valley and Lyon, so as the current France pages structure:

Paris with travelogues below:
1) Strolling along Seine River
2) Climb to top of the Notre Dame
3) Visit Musee Du Louvre / Louvre Museum
4) Visit Musee d’Orsay/ ] Orsay Museum
5) Visit Musee Rodin/ Rodin Museum
6) Palais Du Luxembourg Luxemburg Palace and Latin Quarter
7) Place de la Concorde and Jardin des Tuileries
8) Have a grand view on top of Arc de Triomphe
9) Top of La Tour Eiffel/ Eiffel Tower
10) Top of the Sacre Coeur for a good view
11) St Eustache
12) French President's Residence Palais De L’Elysee
13) Restaurant and Food
14) Have a nice stroll in the Parc Monceau
15) Grand and Petite Palais
16) Wandering around on the street and look at the Architecture Styles
17) Shopping around in interesting Stores
18) Means of Transportation

Less than an hour, commuter train can take you to the grandest royal palace in the world:
Chateau de Versailles has the following four travelogues under Paris page
1) Chateau
2) Grand Trianon
3) The Love Temple and Hameau de la Reine
4) The Park

Mont St.Michel , a peninsula in the day and island at the night, and a day trip from the Loire Valley, or even closer if you are in Normandy/Bretagne area.

Enjoy the romantic countryside, go to Loire Valley , wondering around among 1,000+ chateau, and small villages and towns, enjoy the beautiful French countryside:
- Chateau de Chambord , the largest
- Chateau Azay-le-Rideau
- Chateau de Chenonceau (currently under France page)
- Chateau de Chaumont and its international garden festival
- Blois and the chateau. For Americans who have been to the Biltimore Estate/Asheville, NC, only till you see Chateau de Blois, can you realize which parts Vanderbelt copied from French chateau
- Town of Cheverny (travelogue to be added under Orleans page)
- Chateau d'Amboise and town)
- Chateau de Chinon and town (travelogue to be added under Tours page)
- Langeais and Chateau du Langeais
- Saumur and Chateau de Saumur
- Le Musee Champignon/Mushroom Museum near Saumur
- Trogolodytique near Saumur
- Countryside in the Loire Valley
- Chateau de Colliers - my favorite small chateau hotel (travelogue and details under Orleans page), one of the best places to stay visiting Chateau de Chambord (only 10 minutes drive away)

Lyon
1) Walk up high and enjoy the Lyon City View
2) Enjoy an open-air concert at the Theatres Romains
3) Cathedrale St.
4) Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourviere
5) My most favorite place in Lyon: Le Vieux , get lost there please
6) Lyon vicinity: Perouge , an 11th century built walled town
7) Lyon vicinity: Bouligneux and the restaurant La Thou , enjoy great meals at this 2-* restaurant and learn what the function of the la thous in local farming
8) Lyon vicinity: Dombes Lakes drive

Barbizon
on the way from Paris to the Loire Valley

Cluny Monastery on the way from Loire Valley to Lyon

You are always welcome to email your question.

Bon voyage!

Last visit to France: Sep 1999
Intro Updated May 21, 2004
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CliffClaven Aug 9, 2002 at 7:27 AM

Merci, madame !
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Jaco_Emmen Jul 24, 2002 at 12:48 PM

Thanks for sharing your pics
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hayward68 Jul 11, 2002 at 7:11 AM

Fantastic travelogues! You make me want to visit!
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Leipzig Jun 15, 2002 at 7:25 AM

ExcellenT! Great photos on t`logues
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Geoff_Wright Apr 4, 2002 at 8:35 AM

Great page and photos. Well done
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Helga67 Apr 1, 2002 at 11:45 PM

wow, these chateaux look great
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shrimp56 Mar 21, 2002 at 12:12 PM

Frist class pages -- full of good images & info :)
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Porteplume Mar 3, 2002 at 12:28 AM

Great page. We`ve always loved the Loire Valley...
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kenHuocj Jan 17, 2002 at 11:53 AM

St Michael Abbey is another one to Unesco Heritage Site ;-)))
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patrikske Dec 21, 2001 at 1:43 PM

Excellent France page !!