Guest Notes for Episode 364: A Month in France on a Budget
…Get your Guide. The tour company was City Wonders. Our guide Addie was so cool and knowledgeable. This tour company basically bused us there. Our guide gave us the history… Continue reading
Exploring the City of Nancy, Episode 225
…but historically belongs in the Lorraine, in the Department of the Meurthe-et-Moselle. It’s the 20th city in France with 100,000 inhabitants and 400,000 in the metro area. It’s a big… Continue reading
Show Notes for Episode 365: Josephine Baker enters the Pantheon in Paris
JOSEPHINE BAKER ENTERS THE PANTHEON Elyse Rivin‘s recording notes Emmanuel Macron, President of France, august 2021 “Josephine Baker has given the world a lesson; the lesson of freedom and emancipation…. Continue reading
Show Notes for Episode 196: Saint-Germain-des-Prés Neighborhood
…The 1920 were paradoxical times: racism and prejudice were pervasive and yet there were vibrant communities of artists in Paris. Many had left their own countries to come to Paris… Continue reading
The Lovely City of Tours in the Loire Valley, Episode 255
…means you can easily visit it from Paris. Tours is at the confluent of the Loire and the Cher and it is one of the most important cities on both… Continue reading
Transcript for Episode 463: D'Artagnan: the Man and the Legend
…King, and there are the, the people who serve um, Richelieu. He has his own company and there is rivalry between the two companies and they always get into fights…. Continue reading
Guest Notes for Episode 296: Walking the French Chemin de Compostelle
…in super shape. There are good online resources about how to train for backpacking (i.e. REI.com) Use hiking poles. They take a lot of pressure off your knees and enable… Continue reading
A Month in France on a Budget, Episode 364
…to go to get your Pass Sanitaire starting in November 2021 Hostels and Budget Hotels Recommended in this Episode In hostels sometimes you have to share a bathroom, sometimes there… Continue reading
Show Notes for Episode 408: Standing Stones around Carnac in Brittany
…time they were associated with Celtic civilization, which was, in other words, the Gauls. But recent research has shown that most of them were put together well before the Celts… Continue reading
Show Notes for Episode 176: Mont Saint Michel Trip Report
…Email: annie@joinusinfrance.com. [60:00] French Tip of the Week: c’est bientôt Noël [60:45] French History Brief: La Guillotine Next week’s show is going to be on Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. Thank you for listening,… Continue reading