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France: Tours & The Loire Valley

Villandry garden

After a great visit to Paris, I was excited to go to another area that I had previously been to with mixed results – the Loire Valley.  Nate and I were there in 2006 as part of our European backpacking trip.  We explored some amazing castles and had a little bit too much fun that […]

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France: Welcome to Paris!

Paris

It is dusk and Josh and I sit down in an open green space of the Champ de Mars park on our spare rain jackets that have become our temporary picnic blanket.  We get out a 6 Euro bottle of delicious red Bordeaux wine and set it between us. Taking a pull right from the […]