Two weeks ago I had the incredible “chance” to visit the medieval citadel of Carcassonne – almost empty amid the pandemic. A Unesco World Heritage Site, this fortified medieval cité in the region of Occitanie is one of France’s most iconic and touristic sites. I found this usually overly-crowded site all to my self, which made for the most memorable experience.
Don’t look for any restaurant recommendations in this article, as there will unfortunately be none. When I visited Toulouse last week, France had just lifted a national lockdown amid the covid-19 pandemic and kept some important restrictions in place: all restaurants and bars were shutdown, as were museums, cinemas and theatres.
Early this December, as I was spending a few days in Paris, I yearned for a change of pace and booked an impromptu day-trip to Lille, in the Hauts-de-France region – a city I had always been fascinated with but never had a chance to visit. Located at the Northern tip of France, Lille is the fourth largest city in France (after Paris, Marseille and Lyon), the biggest city of the Hauts-de-France region, and the capital of French Flanders (near France’s border with Belgium).
nder-the-radar, little Porto is having its moment. In case you missed it, rave reviews are sprouting up on the picture-perfect city that no longer has to envy it’s big sister – Lisbon. Well, we just had to check this out for ourselves. Porto, Europe’s New Hot Spot ? – As we were spending a few weeks in my hometown in France, my husband and I decided to hop on a plane and treated ourselves with a 3 day stay in Porto. Did we expect to fall in love with Porto? I …
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