Bordeaux is a lively,graceful city with more heritage-listed buildings than anywhere else in France except Paris – and famous vineyards nearby.
Pot-au-feu is a French classic,a one-pot wonder,a dish of meat simmered over many hours with vegetables and a bouquet garni.
If you love this traditional and beloved store’s aesthetic and philosophy,an apartment stay is the ultimate immersion.
Nothing is worse than possessing a dangerous arsenal of foreign language fragments and an over-enthusiasm for deploying them.
Butter is the hero of innumerable dishes in France,where its quality is strictly enforced by law. The big problem is getting it home to Australia.
With huge numbers queuing for a glimpse of the Mona Lisa,visiting the Louvre is an ordeal. And now Australians will have to pay even more to visit.
Limoges has cobbled streets lined with half-timbered houses,a fabulous cathedral,a beautiful food market and – unlike Paris,Lyon,Nice and Bordeaux – few tourists.
Paris just closed its last tourist information office,citing social media as a better source. So I decided to put it to the test.
France’s budget OUIGO train service uses the same mechanics as the original TGV and travels at incredible speeds of up to 320km/h.
What price a cultural experience? People spend more on a Taylor Swift concert or a soccer final.