In exactly one week France is celebrating their national day, La Fête Nationale, more commonly known as Bastille Day. Commemorating the beginning of the French Revolution, it is always celebrated on July 14 throughout the whole country, culminating with an…
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Have you ever visited a city in Europe without passing by a magnificent cathedral? It seems unlikely, since there are over 1000 cathedrals all over the continent, one more beautiful than the other. The author Robert Louis Stevenson once said…
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“Is there such a thing as a place that’s off the beaten path in Paris?” – this is the question I kept asking myself while reading blogs about Paris, prior to my trip. The short answer? No, there isn’t. The…
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We have visited Paris during the most crowded week of the year and there was only one reason for this: we wanted to experience the celebrations on Bastille Day, known in France as La Fête Nationale. Although I had an…
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This blog post is for my mom. I gave the Paris trip I took in 2009 many aliases: “how it all begun”, “the first time I was on a plane”, “losing my travel-virginity”, “oh my god, it’s Mickey Mouse”. But…
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