Île de Bréhat in Brittany

15 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Bréhat (French: Île-de-Bréhat; Breton: Enez Vriad) is an island and commune located near Paimpol, a mile off the northern coast of Brittany. Administratively, it is a commune in the Côtes-d’Armor department in northwestern France.   read more…

Papeete on Tahiti

5 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Papeete (Tahitian: Papeʻete; old name: Vaiʻete) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Papeete is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, of which Papeete is the administrative capital. Both the President of French Polynesia and French High Commissioner reside in Papeete.   read more…

Macarons

2 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

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© flickr.com – julien haler/cc-by-2.0

A macaron or French macaroon is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring.   read more…

Marquesas Islands

27 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Nuku Hiva © Moerani Manate/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Marquesas Islands (French: Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua ʻEnana (North Marquesan) and Te Fenua ʻEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning “the land of men”) are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. Their highest point is the peak of Mount Oave (French: Mont Oave) on Ua Pou island, at 1,230 m (4,035 ft) above sea level.   read more…

Belle-Île in Brittany

21 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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Sauzon © Mica/cc-by-3.0

Belle-Île, Belle-Île-en-Mer, or Belle Isle (Breton: Ar Gerveur; Old Breton: Guedel) is a French island off the coast of Brittany in the département of Morbihan, and the largest of Brittany’s islands. It is 14 kilometres (7 1⁄2 nautical miles) from the Quiberon peninsula. Administratively, the island is divided into four communes: Bangor, Le Palais, Locmaria, Sauzon. Belle-Île formed a canton until 2015 when it was merged into the canton of Quiberon as part of a general overhaul.   read more…

Port city and peninsula of Quiberon in Brittany

17 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Quiberon (Breton: Kiberen) is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, administrative region of Brittany, western France.   read more…

Portrait: Simone Veil, first President of the European Parliament and Holocaust survivor

25 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, European Union, Portrait Reading Time:  7 minutes

in 1982 © European Union

in 1982 © European Union

Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. As health minister, she is best remembered for advancing women’s rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized abortion, today known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil). From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the Constitutional Council, France’s highest legal authority.   read more…

Bûche de Noël

22 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  4 minutes

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A Yule log or bûche de Noël is a traditional Christmas cake, often served as a dessert, especially in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Switzerland, Vietnam, and Quebec, Canada. Variants are also served in the United States, United Kingdom, Cambodia, Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, and Japan. Made of sponge cake, to resemble a miniature actual Yule log, it is a form of sweet roulade.   read more…

Deshaies on Guadeloupe

19 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Hugo Elby/cc-by-sa-4.0

Deshaies (Guadeloupean Creole: Déhé) is a commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is on the northwest coast of Basse-Terre Island. The inhabitants are called Deshaisiens.   read more…

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