Apr. 9, 2016: Roman graffitti at the Pont du Gard
Almost any monument or structure that lasts more than a few years becomes a graffiti target. The Pont du Gard has been one for a thousand years!
Almost any monument or structure that lasts more than a few years becomes a graffiti target. The Pont du Gard has been one for a thousand years!
GarryRF takes us to the west coast of France to visit a vacation area that was a big hit with his kids: beaches, forests, and "static tents" with all the mod cons.
Airbnb and Paris have come to an agreement: the company will warn hosts who are violating rental regulations, and the city will see how that works out.
The river cruise industry, once thought to appeal mostly to an older crowd, is continuing to develop new itineraries and facilities for family travel.
In a bid to remind the world that French cuisine is (in their eyes, at least) the greatest in the world, French chefs cooked up a storm yesterday, with 1700 chefs in 150 cities preparing feasts in bars, restaurants, embassies and even a prison.
Three ancient olive trees keep company with an even older bridge, the famed Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct that once brought water to Nîmes.
France recently merged some of its regions, reducing 22 to 13. Some of them are just now getting permanent new names, and not everyone is happy.
The tall column that stands in the Place de la Bastille as a memorial to past revolutions will be re-opened to the public .
A startling study places France above Italy in per-capita pizza eating, with burgers rising, too. The study adds some more and suggests some reasons.
Food, film, kites, bicycles and even bulls highlight March events in France. Some are traditional, some are new.
A walk down the Champs-Elysées, Paris is a memorable experience.
Four French rail unions, acting together for once, have called a 37-hour strike for next week over pay, staffing and working conditions.
A pilot project in eastern France is turning wastes from cheese-making into marketable products, and into electric power.
Among a number of new laws, France is giving workers the right to turn off, tune out and disconnect from work e-mails, texts and phone calls.
Well, at least butter-knife points. French media are mocking a British supermarket that's making straight croissants instead of...well...crescents.