Current Events
Friday Fact: For the Love of Chocolate
In 1659, Louis XIV granted the first known chocolatier in history the right to make and sell chocolate. Where might we be without the Sun King?
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Strasbourg Cathedral de Notre-Dame
Everything about Strasbourg's gothic cathedral draws the eye up — its light, its ancient expressions, its reminder that God is the source of all creativity.
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Nice vs. Antibes: Where's the Better View?
Stormy Antibes and sun-drenched Nice each offer their own shade of Mediterranean beauty — one cast in constant motion, the other in an edge-of-the-world calm.
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The Marvel of Mont Saint-Michel
A dream on a hill in Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel has drawn pilgrims and monks for over a thousand years. The moment you step onto its tide-washed land, you feel the divine appointment of it all.
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Streetside, Paris
All of Paris is art — from the symmetrical bliss of its streets to the scent of perfume, Vespa fumes, and crepes. If you have air in your lungs, this city will inspire you.
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A Month in France
France has such a distinct sense of place that when I leave, I miss it — its reverence for food, its tradition over profit, and the bedrock principles that no act of terror can snuff out.
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