Planning a visit to Mont-Saint-Michel? Get tips to help you plan your own unforgettable trip to this island abbey.
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France
France was my first love, my first foreign country. Get itineraries and ideas for trips to France.
Tour the Paris Catacombs – visit the Empire of the Dead
Piles of neatly stacked bones and poems to make you contemplate your mortality – tour the Paris Catacombs for an unforgettable experience.
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Self-Guided Walking Tour of Paris
This self-guided walking tour will take you to the main sites of Paris in a half day.
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The Ruined Abbey of Jumièges
The ruins of the romanesque Abbey of Jumièges may be off the beaten path for most visitors to France, but this peaceful place is worth the trip. My visit included an unexpected ferry ride and some amazing food.
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Liberating the bar at the Ritz, Paris
When war correspondent Ernest Hemingway was unable to join Allied troops as they liberated Paris, he opted instead to liberate the bar at the Ritz. I followed in his footsteps at the Hemingway Bar.
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