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Looking for beautiful quotes about France? This gorgeous country inspires thousands of tourists every year, not to mention novelists, historians, and travel writers over the past centuries. Whether you’re looking for France travel inspiration or France Instagram captions, here are my favorite France quotes. Read next: 50 Quotes about Paris Celebrating Its Triumphant Beauty Can’t read … Read more
Paris has captivated visitors for centuries with its soaring basilicas and quietly elegant chapels. Famed for its religious traditions harkening back all the way to before Charlemagne, no trip to Paris is complete without stopping by one (or ten) of Paris’s magnificent churches. Whether you choose to drop in on a Catholic cathedral, Huguenot temple, … Read more
Listen to the Episode “How Bordeaux Got Its Wine” Listen and Subscribe in iTunes Other ways to Listen and Subscribe In September I got to go to Bordeaux with a friend who is a 100% certified wine snob. I figured she would enjoy all of the wine, while I mostly focused on getting work done. … Read more
Listen to the Episode “The Beaches of Normandy” Subscribe in iTunes Other ways to listen and subscribe. We all know the basic story of the Allied Forces storming the Beaches of Normandy in World War II. It’s one of the most dramatic and harrowing events in modern warfare. But my brain couldn’t comprehend the size … Read more
Introduction This past week, I went to Normandy for the 73rd D-Day anniversary commemorations. I traveled with Liberation Route Europe, a foundation whose mission is to monitor and develop the Allies’ liberation route and to promote a transnational understanding of the liberation of Europe. I have several history projects over the next month from this trip, … Read more