It's possible to drive from Cognac to Saintes in half an hour, but I had more touring in mind, wanting to see these two towns,…
I wanted to see Angoulême just for historical interest, from the importance of the counts of Angoulême and especially because of Isabelle d'Angoulême, wife of…
"Favorite village of the French" declares the banner on this tower in Sancerre. We had decided to see this hub of the local wine industry,…
La Rochefoucauld in the Charente department was on our route from Limoges to Cognac as we followed D10 and D13, and we stopped just because…
A chance to see an opera while seeing Limoges for the first time I had hoped we'd get to Limoges, which we'd never been to,…
Last year as well as this January, I kept to trains and buses to explore France. It's so convenient because you're going from the center…
Public transportation in Europe is usually impressive, and in France is generally quite good. Of course, Paris and all the Ile de France is covered…
As with other towns in these pages, I was visiting here because online I saw some reasonable and interesting properties for sale in the area.…
Last September, I visited Carcassonne for the first time, on just a day trip from Narbonne with Kristian. We headed to the upper fortified city…
Bourges was my first day trip out of Vierzon, as I expected it to be the most interesting, and it was. It's a good-sized city…
After seeing a bit of the western side of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté - the Yonne while based in Auxerre, the Nièvre while based in Nevers - I…
I liked Narbonne on first sight last spring. The canal through the heart of town, the architectural mix, the ducal palace, and the acclaimed indoor…