"New Travel Pages and Tips" Personal Page by Beausoleil

A running list of new pages as they are created

Prices on the Paris Metro went up January 1, 2013. Check Paris transportation tips for new prices.

I update things we revisit or recheck information like prices but my cue is when someone rates a Tip/Review. That sends me a notice and I then review it to see if it is up to date. Doesn't do the person who just read it much good, but the next few folks get current prices, web sites, etc.

New Travel Pages:

Working on Schleiden, Germany which includes nearby Gemund and the Eifel National Park. Lots to do in the area including Aachen.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/532b/

Added a new page about cell phones in France at http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/2246c7/

Started a new Travel Page on Massachusetts since we just returned. http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/510/

New Tip on the Clark Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Great art gallery in northwest Massachusetts.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/223020/

I am always talking about and recommending the Plus Beaux Villages of France so decided it was time to write a tip. I've posted pictures of PBV in different parts of France and a web site where you can find all 156 of them with photos.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/222b16/

We made a pilgrimage to the Viaduc de Millau and loved the boat trip underneath the immensely high bridge. It was an impressive experience. I put the information under Millau since it is better known than tiny Creissels where you actually catch the boat.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/1938a/

Someone was asking about a beautiful, non-touristy place to stay with a restaurant, bakery and some shops and in the Dordogne region of France. There are several Plus Beaux Villages but they are all wall-to-wall tourists so I suggested Daglan, absolutely beautiful with no tourists at all. Then I typed Daglan into the VT Search Window and discovered no one here has written a Daglan Travel Page . . . so I did and here it is: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/1ee5b/

San Gimignano: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/23294/
There is also a new Tip on renting a bright red Vespa

Europe: Money . . . How do I get it? (about credit cards)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21cc0c/

Montolieu, the city of books in southwest France
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/18e17/

Homps on the Canal du Midi
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/1d486/

New Tips/Reviews:

New Things to Do in Avignon (Rocher des Doms)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21d447/

New Travelogue of Stained glass windows in Chartres
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/be7ab/

Avignon: Trompe l'oeil in the windows of Avignon
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21d149/

Paris: Tourist Traps a comparison of various Paris Passes
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/216d7a/

Paris: Fish names in French
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/216674/

Paris: 2 days in Paris for 13-14 year olds
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/216670/

Paris: My Top Ten Sights in Paris in 3 days
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21666b/

Domme: (new Restaurant and new Things to Do)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/2180e4/
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/2180d9/

New Travelogue:
Domme in the Perigord, a Plus Beau Village of France
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/b9cf5/

Updates as they are created

La Roque Gageac in the Dordogne

Update on Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Restaurant Tip on L'Assiette Gourmande
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/224d65/

Updates on France:
What Should You Pack?
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21f098/

Updates on Annecy, the beautiful alpine lake
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/21e1c/

Update on Port--au-Prince, Haiti in the West Indies
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/198baa/

Update on Azay-le-Rideau in the Loire Valley (my fav chateau)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1ec6de/

Update on Basse Normandie, where the D-Day Beaches are
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1ef0bf/

Update on the Dordogne (Perigord Noir area)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1fdedc/

La Roque Gageac: Ride in a Gabare
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1fff40/

Mirepoix: Perfect little medieval village
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/19322/

Sarlat: Chateau du Millandes
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1ff9d2/

Sarlat: Two restaurant updates from our recent trip
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/15a8d/2/

Paris: Don't Miss the Musée d'Orsay (renovation update)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1790d3/

Paris: Visit the Picasso Museum (renovation update)

Paris: Ste. Chapelle, a Dream in Stained Glass (renovation update:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/179111/

Newest Travel Page and a new Tip in Paris

Caylus, a medieval village in the Aveyron

Condat-sur-Vezere in the Dordogne region of France has a great restaurant
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/1f4b2/

New Restaurant Review in France (general overview of France)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/21c687/

New Travel Page on St. Genies, France, a beautiful Dordogne village
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/168aa/

Caylus is an ancient village (Aveyron region of France)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7ba16/2017b/

List of Foods in French (in the Paris section of VT)
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/216fc3/

Free Parking in Sarlat-le-Canéda
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/217743/

Page Updated Mar 15, 2013
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LeslieofTodd Mar 21, 2013 at 12:16 PM

Hello and Happy Spring (sort of--still snowing here!). The New Travel Pages and Tips with all the links are terrific! Thanks for the many valuable things you've shared, especially useful for me on my first visit to France. You've helped shape my plans! Thanks a bunch, Leslie
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ines2003 Jan 22, 2013 at 12:30 PM

nice page and painting, cheers
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angiebabe Oct 21, 2012 at 11:32 AM

beautiful new pic - a number of places including the Dorgogne area I still have to see to add to the number Ive already had around France - love driving around France! lovely watercolour painting! are you living back in France or still in California?
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  Beausoleil Oct 21, 2012 at 1:05 PM
  
  California is an odd state. It's very long north to south so warmer all winter in the south. We have coast, valley and mountains and the coast is milder than the valleys and the valleys milder than the mountains. The mountains can be brutal in winter, blizzards, roads closed, etc. We live in the valley between coast and mountain and about halfway north to south so we have very mild winters and flowers bloom all year, but we don't have the tropical flowers we had when we lived farther south. We kind of have everything if you know where to look. It's fun!
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  angiebabe Oct 21, 2012 at 1:29 PM
  
  yes it sounds like a wonderful variety - much like Morocco and NZ and Australia - countries i love for their variety!
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Pawtuxet Sep 23, 2012 at 6:28 AM

some good stuff here! lots of work, but it has paid off. I'll be back to see what else you've been up to. Love your cover photo here.