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Exploring Louisiana’s Bayou and Cajun Country

March 27, 2023 Leave a Comment

A day’s drive from New Orleans takes you into some of Louisiana bayous and into the heart of Cajun country.  We have explored Southern Louisiana’s bayou and plantation country before. This time we skipped the plantations to explore some new areas. Avery Island Route 90 is the de facto “bayou highway”. We drove from Houma […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Dining, Hiking, Lafayette, Museums, Nature & Hiking, Saint Martinville, Sightseeing Tagged With: Acadians, ActiveTravelExperiences, Avery Island, Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, live oak, McIlhenny, tabasco, Vermilionville

Exploring the Beautiful Town of Beaune France

February 13, 2023 Leave a Comment

What’s not to love about visiting France’s Burgundy Region? We love its food, its wines, and its atmosphere. The largest city in the Burgundy wine region is Beaune. It is also one of our favorite small French cities in the area. We enjoy exploring its history, character, signature buildings, restaurants, and many tasting rooms …

Filed Under: Activities, Beaune, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Destination Type, Dining, Featured-City, France, Hotels, Hotels, Museums, Restaurants, Sightseeing, Travel, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Cote de Beaune, Cote de Nuits, Hospices de Beaune, Hotel Abbaye de Maizieres, Hotel-Dieu, La Caveau des Arches, Le Cheval Noir, le Montrachet, Ma Cuisine, Musee du Vin de Bourgogne, Voie des Vignes

The Charms of Strasbourg France

January 17, 2023 Leave a Comment

We made a mistake the first time we visited Strasbourg France. As the terminus of a lovely three-day cruise of the Mosel and Rhine rivers, we didn’t leave enough time to fully explore this lovely city. Since then we have come here several times. And each visit reaffirmed how fabulous Strasbourg is. Located in the […]

Filed Under: Alsace, Art, Cities, Dining, France, Hotels, Museums, Sightseeing, Strasbourg Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Alain Sechas, Alsace, astronomical clock, Brasserie Les Haras, Chez Yvonne, Council of Europe, European Parliament, Grande Ile, Hotel Cour du Corbeau, La Petite France, Le Buerehiesel, Maison Rouge Stragbourg, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Parliament City, Stéphane Belzère, UNESCO

Paris Museums: Picasso Museum

January 14, 2023 Leave a Comment

Many museums showcase Pablo Picasso’s work. But one of the largest public collections is in Paris at the Picasso Museum ( Musee Picasso) It has a collection of 5,000 objects, including documents, letters, photographs, and more than 260 paintings and 200 sculptures dedicated to the life and work of Pablo Picasso as well as to …

Filed Under: Art, Museums, Paris Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Braque, Hotel Sale, Marie-Therese Walter, Pablo Picasso, Picasso African Period, Picasso Blue Period, Picasso Cubism Period, Picasso Museum, Picasso Periods, Picasso Rose Period

Paris Museum: Legion of Honor Museum-Chevalier

January 17, 2023 Leave a Comment

The Legion of Honor is the highest honor that France bestows on its most deserving military and civil citizens. Napoleon established it in 1802 to recognize merit versus nobility. The Chevalier (Knight) is the highest level of merit given to those with 20 years of worthy service. The Legion of Honor Museum’s elaborate rooms and salons […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, France, Museums, Paris Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Hôtel de Salm, Legion of Honor, Museum-Chevalier

Paris Museum: D’Orsay

March 20, 2023 Leave a Comment

Musee d’Orsay on left bank of Paris’ Seine, is one of our favorite Paris museums. It is a beautiful building as it used to be the Orsay railway station. But more importantly, it has a superb collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters. While we wish the art layout and signage were better, it is still […]

Filed Under: Destinations, France, Museums, Paris Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Eugène Carrière, impressionist art, Musee D"Orsay, post-impressionist art

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