Archive for November 2014
Pompe aux Pommes – Auvergne Apple Turnover
The Pompe aux Pommes is a large apple turnover that is traditionally baked in Auvergne, a mountainous region in Central France
Read MoreGoat Cheese Farm – quintessential Quercy
A visit to a goat cheese farm in Quercy, a farm adhering to the ‘AB’ label that certifies rigorous set of organic food production standards set by the EU
Read MoreVulcania – educational recreational park – Auvergne
Vulcania, an educational and recreational park on volcanism, inaugurated in 2002 in the heart of the extinct volcanoes of the Chaîne des Puys in Auvergne
Read MoreMort pour la France – Remembrance Day
Mort pour la France – Dead for France, a moving epitaph that follows the names of all the Fallen who are remembered on each French War Memorial
Read MoreAbbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque in Provence
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Senanque, a Cistercian abbey founded in the 12th century, closed during the Revolution and revived by the Cistercian monks in 1998
Read MoreBergerac Wines – Appellations – Vineyards
Bergerac wines are classified into 13 white and red AOC produced in 90 villages spread around Bergerac in the department of Dordogne in Southwest France
Read MoreChateauneuf du Pape village in Provence
Chateauneuf du Pape in the department of Vaucluse in Provence, a medieval village located in the heart of a vineyard producing a worldwide renown AOC wine
Read MorePont Marie – Paris bridge – Facts
The Pont Marie was named after the architect Christophe Marie who built it and developed the Ile St. Louis with the architect Le Vau in the mid 17th century
Read MorePont Louis-Philippe- Paris bridge – Facts
Pont Louis-Philippe, links the Ile St-Louis to the Right Bank and was built to commemorate the accession of King Louis-Philippe after the Revolution of 1830
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