On our way out of France, we spent a night in Arras, which had a very Gothic, and charming city centre, so we could visit the Vimy Ridge National Historic Site of Canada. There were a few reasons for this:…
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park, France
After Paris, we made our way to Arras for a night, but enroute we stopped at Albert for the day to enjoy a bicycle ride through the French countryside and visit another World War I memorial, but this time a…
Verdun, France
After a very Canadian, World War II experience at Juno Beach the day before, Tuesday was dedicated to World War I, The Great War, from a French and German perspective, with a visit to Fort Douaumont as the centrepiece of…
Juno Beach, France
After two busy days in Paris, we went on a two-day excursion to visit Juno Beach in Normandy and then to Verdun in the tranquil French countryside in the northeast. To cover all that ground in just a couple of…
Chateau de Versailles, France
Opulence, extravagance, excessive are some of the only ways one could describe the Chateau de Versailles. While the royal apartments were impressive, the royal apartments from Palacio Real in Madrid were equally so, the real jaw-dropper of Versailles is its…
Paris, France
Ah Paris. What a great city. Our five days in Paris were amazing and filled from sunrise to sunrise with culture, history, architecture, and walking – all kinds of walking. Our first day in Paris, we spent wandering the…