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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

New Orlean’s Mardi Gras 2023

March 23, 2023 Leave a Comment

We love New Orleans Louisiana: the mix of French and Spanish architecture of the French Quarter, the mansions of St. Charles Avenue and the Garden District, the spooky above-ground crypts of the cemeteries, the extraordinary World War II Museum, the Royal Street antique galleries, its restaurants and cuisine, the jazz and of course, the continual […]

Filed Under: Louisiana, New Orleans, Sightseeing, United States Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, Bacchus, Brakeman Hotel, Endymion, Fat Tuesday, Krewe, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras parade, Okeanos, Orpheus, Proteus, Snug Harbor Jaz Festival, Thoth, Zulu

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

Alsace Wine Route

February 10, 2023 Leave a Comment

The Alsace Wine Route is France’s oldest and one of its most famous wine routes. It runs between Colmar and Strasbourg and takes you through some beautiful historic towns filled with cobblestone streets and half-timbered houses. On a previous trip, we focused primarily on sightseeing among many of the route’s 16th-17th-century fairytale towns lined with […]

Filed Under: Colmar, Dining, Eguisheim, Restaurants, Ribeauville, Riquewihr, Sightseeing, Strasbourg, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Alsace Wine Road, Domaine Josmeyer, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Gentile, Grand CRU, Haut-Rhin, Hugel & Fils, Leon Beyer, Trimbach, Zind-Humbrecht

Charming Colmar France

February 4, 2023 Leave a Comment

Colmar France is in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, near the border with Germany. The city saw an explosion of growth in the 16th century as the primary merchant and shipping center for Alsatian wines. Today it continues to be the capital of Alsace wines. But more on that in our related blog […]

Filed Under: Colmar, Destinations, Dining, France, Restaurants, Sightseeing Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences

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

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