Bonjour! A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a day trip over to the château de Fontainebleau, a castle-turned-palace situated about 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Paris. From the 16th to 19th centuries, it housed the French royalty, including that of Emperor Napoleon Bonparte for a short while before he abdicated his throne in 1814. … Continue reading Destination: Château de Fontainebleau, France
Tag: architecture
Along the fortified city walls of Saint-Malo in Brittany, France (March 2016).
Place de la Comédie in Montpellier (March 2016).
Bonjour! I'm finally getting around to writing about my February holidays (vacances d'hiver) this year. This time around, I didn't do the full two weeks as I'd done last year with a whirlwind of a time in Spain and Portugal, but all the same, I still headed to warmer climates to escape the dreaded cold … Continue reading Destination: Marseille, France
At the Schönbrunn Palace in Austria (April 2016)
