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European Heritage Days: “Paris Historique” decries destruction of historical buildings
The architectural heritage of France—local, regional, national, European—is part of what makes this the world’s number one tourist destination and what makes Paris such as magnificent walking city. But should that architectural heritage be maintained at all cost?
Poetry: If I could live here
By H. T. Wald
When will you come
visit me in hills
where Paleolithic hands painted
where Cathars became Perfect
where men still speak of the earth
Poetry: 3 Poems by Andrea Bates
Three poems by Andrea Bates: The Gates of Enfer, Roule d'aubergine au chevre, Madame's Cafe of the Gourmet Hand. The poet's first chapbook was Origami Heart.
The Green Traveler: The Camargue, a View from the Saddle
Exit Provence's lavender charms and enter its cowboy country, horseback riding in the sparsely populated marshland called the Camargue. By Laurence Bry.
Jason and the Armagnacs
In the gastronomic jigsaw of Gascony, travel writer John M. Edwards goes prospecting for the amber eau-de-vie Armagnac while housesitting a 15th-century farmhouse.
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Congénies Quaker House: Peace, Friends and Dogs
Photos by David Kashoff of the Quaker House and village of Congénies, France, located between Nimes and Montpellier in the Languedoc region.
Junior Year Abroad: The Grape Harvest
At the start of her junior year abroad from Tulane, Texan Kim Sotman discovers vast differences between Texas ranches and Champagne vineyards.
Home is where the vine is
Lindsey Wallace, an American student on junior year abroad, reflects on the meaning of home.
Making Peace with Bouillabaisse in Marseille
By James d'Entremont
I recently returned to Marseille for the first time in over four decades, and came away wondering how I could have waited so...