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Tipping in France and What Small Inns and Cafes Expect
You finish a long lunch at a village restaurant, the bill arrives on a little saucer, and suddenly you are not sure whether...
Lake Annecy looks impossibly calm in photographs, then you arrive on an August Saturday and spend forty minutes looking for parking in the old town.
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Travel Tips
You finish a long lunch at a village restaurant, the bill arrives on a little saucer, and suddenly you are not sure whether...
Road Trips
Most people see the Gorges du Verdon from one crowded lay-by, take a photo of the green water, and drive on to the coast.
Regional Food
You sit down in a Breton creperie, the menu lists thirty galettes with names like "complete" and "forestiere", and you cannot...
Inns and Stays
You find a stone inn in a Burgundy village with glowing reviews, open the listing, and see two stars.
France Regions
Most people meet the Ardeche from a canoe in August, squeezed between hundreds of other canoes, and leave thinking it is a...
Travel Tips
The small inns worth staying at are rarely next to a station, and the bus to the next village may run twice a day, or only on...
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