Paris (3/11-3/12)
March 13, 2013 - We took a TGV from Angoulême to Paris and arrived in the evening. It was cold and raining but that did not discourage us...
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Périgueux and Angoulême (3/10-3/11)
March 11, 2013 - After a long day of exploring sights of the Dordogne, we headed to Perigueux, the capital of the region, and my home for...
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Les Cabanes de Breuil (3/10)
March 10, 2013 - We left Castelnaud and took a very rural route in the rain, stopping at Les Cabanes de Breuil. The rain magically stoppe...
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Castelnaud (3/10)
March 10, 2013 - From Beynac we went to see the quaint and beautiful village La Roque Gageac, a tiny town nestled between limestone cliff...
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Beynac-et-Cazenac (3/10)
March 10, 2013 - We woke up in Sarlat and began our day exploring the Dordogne. I was probably most excited for this day, to show Lindsay...
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Sarlat (3/9)
March 09, 2013 - From Carcassonnes we continued westward to the Dordogne region. As soon as we arrived in the area, I felt a sense of fam...
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Carcassonnes (3/9)
March 09, 2013 - We woke up in Marseille the morning of 3/9, and drove with my folks eastward towards the Dordogne region. Along the way,...
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Nîmes (3/8)
March 08, 2013 - From Les Baux and Glanum we headed to the nearby city of Nimes, a place rich in Roman history. Nîmes became a Roman colo...
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Les Baux-de-Provence and Glanum (3/8)
March 08, 2013 - Lindsay's favorite village that we visited was Les Baux-de-Provence. Les Baux is a village set atop a rocky outcrop with...
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Avignon (3/7)
March 07, 2013 - As it grew dark on the Pont du Gard, we drove the short distance to Avignon to explore the city at night. On the way, we...
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Pont du Gard (3/7)
March 07, 2013 - From Gordes we headed west to Pont du Gard. This was really the one site in the south of France that I couldn't miss.
P...
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Gordes (3/7)
March 07, 2013 - We left Aix-en-Provence and drove to Gordes with my folks at about noon.
Gordes is a beautiful Provencial village that...
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Aix-en Provence (3/7)
March 07, 2013 - We drove from Marseille to Aix-en-Provence in the morning where Lindsay and I explored while my parents went to a meetin...
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Monte Carlo, Cannes, St. Tropez, and Cassis (3/6)
March 06, 2013 - This was to be the day we enjoyed the beautiful, warm, sunny French Riviera. We woke up in Nice, France, in a tiny littl...
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Thun, Bern, Avenches, Geneva, Nice (3/5)
March 05, 2013 - We woke up in Interlaken and after a fantastic traditional swiss breakfast of charcuterie, swiss yogurt, bread, cheese,...
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Luzern and the Road to Interlaken (3/4)
March 04, 2013 - We left Zurich in the morning via our tiny little rental car (a Volkswagon Up!), and made our way westward to Luzern (Lu...
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Zurich (3/3)
March 03, 2013 - We arrived in Zurich in the afternoon and checked into our hotel with a big sigh of excitement.
We took the tram from o...
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